New York · St. Lawrence County
Producer

Balmat - Edwards District

St. Lawrence County, New York, United States
ZincMercurySilverLead
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Description

E. Emmons, State Geologist

Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryMercury, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typereplacement
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLENTICULAR, POD SHAPED, TABULAR
Ore controlStratigraphic Control
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite, Pyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Magnetite, Hematite
GangueQuartz, Diopside, Tremolite, Serpentine, Talc, Calcite, Barite, Anhydrite, Chlorite, Ilvaite, Grossularite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Upper Marble Formation
StructureNumerous Folds, Crossfolds, Drag Folds, Fault Zones, Sylvia Lake Syncline, Ore Deposits In Overturned Limb Of An Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingGrenville Lowlands
AlterationDolomitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1915
Last production2008
Discovery year1838
Identification
Deposit ID10073156
MRDS IDW019003
Alternate namesBalmat - Edwards - Hyatt Zinc Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates44.28331, -75.33292
References
MCKNIGHT, E.T., NEWMAN, W.L., AND HEYL, A.V., JR., (COMPILERS), 1962, ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-19, SEPARATE TEXT, 18 P.LEA, E.R., AND DILL, D.B., JR., 1968, ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE BALMAT-EDWARDS DISTRICT, NEW YORK: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) V. 1: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 20-48.BROWN, J.S., 1947, POROSITY AND ORE DEPOSITION OAT EDWARDS AND BALMAT, NEW YORK: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 58, P. 505-546.DELORRAINE, W.F., DILL, D.B., KNIGHT, R.H., AND JOHNSON, J.T., 1993, GEOLOGY OF THE BALMAT ZINC MINES, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: IN THOMPSON, T.B., ED., SELECTED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF VERMONT AND THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 17, P. 26-48.OntZinc drills Balmat, The Northern Miner 5/17/2004ONTZINC Corporation Announces St. Lawrence Zinc Company To Commence US$1.1 Million Underground Diamond Drill Program: Dec 17, 2003 press release.Knight, Richard H., 2005, Recent zinc ore discoveries in the Balmat-Edwards district, northwest Adirondacks, New York state: a case history: Paper No. 20-6, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 1, p. 64.Foose, M.P., 1979, A reinterpretation of the structural and stratigraphic setting of the Balmat-Edwards zinc deposits, northwest Adirondack lowlands, New York: Economic Geology, Scientific Communications, September, 1979, pp. 130-133.Foose, M.P., 1981, Geology, geochemistry, and regional resource implications of a stratabound sphalerite occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York:, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1519, 18 p.BROWN, J.S., 1936, STRUCTURE AND PRIMARY MINERALIZATION OF THE ZINC MINE AT BALMAT, NEW YORK: ECONOMIC GEOOGY, V. 31, NO. 8, P. 233-258.