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Port Leyden

Prospect in Lewis county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248435
MRDS ID W000757
MAS/MILS ID 0360490008
Record type Site
Current site name Port Leyden
Related records 10067883

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -75.34269, 43.58328 (WGS84)
Elevation 318
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Leyden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watertown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Utica(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Lewis

Comments on the location information

  • THE LAT/LON ARE FOR THE TOWN OF PORT LEYDEN, NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE DEPOSIT AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Secondary
Titanium Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -75.34269, 43.58328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 37M
    Length 9800M
    Width 3300M
    Area 3400HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3400
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERAL SANDS DEPOSITED ON METAMORPHOSED PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS. PRECISE ORE BODY DENSITY IS CALCULATED TO BE 2.03 GM/CC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Magnetic

Mining district

District name Black River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Numerous Private Owners
    Interest 86
    Home office New York
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New York
    Interest 14
    Home office New York
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE TOTAL EXPLORED DEPOSIT AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 3765 HECTARES. THE ADIRONDACK STATE PARK CONTAINS 552 HECTARES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR MINING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 2180000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.064 wt-pct Zirconium Minor 1976
    Titanium TiO2 0.65 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1976
    Titanium TiO2 0.0029 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1976
    Iron Fe 0.74 wt-pct Iron Minor 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES AND GRADES GIVEN IN MATRIX 1 ARE AS OF JANUARY 1981 AND ARE BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY FORCE, E.R., B.R. LIPIN, AND R.E. SMITH. MAP SHOWING HEAVY MINERAL RESOURCES IN PLEISTOCENE SANDS OF THE PORT LEYDEN QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-728 B, 1976, 1:24000. MINERAL BEARING SAND CONTAINED IN THE ADIRONDACK STATE PARK WAS CALCULATED AND SUBTRACTED FROM THE TOTAL RESERVES TO ARRIVE AT THE RESERVE FIGURE REPRESENTED IN THIS MATRIX. MATRIX 2 REPORTS RESERVES ON STATE PROPERTY UPON WHICH MINING IS PROHIBITED. . M9C5=M2C1.
  • NOT INCLUDED IN TIO2/ZRO2 STUDY DUE TO RESOURCES ONLY AT INFERRED LEVEL, AND TECHNOLOGY TO RECOVER A FINE GRAINED RESOURCE SUCH AS THIS IS UNPROVEN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3213HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .87
    Percent Waste Rock 2.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 20000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 19100
    Unit Production Cost 1.47
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL PROPOSED LAND HOLDING IS 3400 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSIT. CH. IN PROCEEDINGS: FOURTEENTH

  • Reserve-Resource

    J.R. DUNN. R.H. FAKUNDINY, AND L.V. RICKARD. NEW YORK

  • Deposit

    FORCE, E.R., B.R. LIPIN, AND R.E. SMITH. MAP SHOWING HEAVY

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES IN PLEISTOCENE SANDS OF THE PORT

  • Deposit

    LEYDEN QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD

  • Deposit

    STUDIES MAP MF-728 B, 1976, 1:24000.

  • Deposit

    STONE, B.D., AND E.R. FORCE. THE PORT LEYDEN, NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    HEAVY-MINERAL DEPOSIT. CH. IN PROCEEDINGS: FOURTEENTH

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ED. BY

  • Deposit

    J.R. DUNN, R.H. FAKUNDINY, AND L.V. RICKARD. NEW YORK

  • Deposit

    STATE MUSEUM BULL. 436, JAN. 1, 1980, PP. 56-64.

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. TITANIUM MINERALS FOUND IN

  • Deposit

    UPSTATE NEW YORK SAND DEPOSITS. NEWS RELEASE,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 27, 1976, 2 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AS DELTAIC WEDGES THINNING TO THE EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-93 Dw, Jg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/14/2021
MSHA mine ID3003796
Mine name (MSHA)Port Leyden Quarry
Current operatorBarrett Paving Materials Inc
Current controller (parent)Colas S A
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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