New York · St. Lawrence County
Past Producer

Balmat No. 2, 3, and 4 mines

St. Lawrence County, New York, United States
ZincLeadSulfur-PyriteSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Sulfur-Pyrite
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model{208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb}
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTRATABOUND
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite, Galena
GanguePyrite, Diopside, Quartz, Calcite, Serpentine, Talc, Barite, Anhydrite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Upper Marble Formation
Tectonic setting"Grenville Lowlands"
Alteration"Dolomitization; Silicification"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1930-2001, 2004-2008
First production1930
Last production2008
Discovery year1838
Identification
Deposit ID10082070
MRDS IDW044662
Alternate namesStone Farm Prospect (No. 2), No. 2 open pit mine, No. 3 open pit mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates44.26438, -75.40739
References
{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: DE LORRAINE, W.F., AND DILL, D.B., 1982, STRUCTURE, STRAITIGRAPHIC CONTROLS, AND GENESIS OF THE BALMAT ZINC DEPOSITS, NORTHWEST ADIRONDACKS, N.Y., GEOLOGIC ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, SPECIAL PAPER NO 25, P 571-596}{Deposit:: LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 444}{Deposit:: 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.}{Geology:: 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.}{Geology:: 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.}{Geology:: 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.}