New York · St. Lawrence County
Past Producer

Pierrepont Mine

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

St. Joe's Mineral Resources geologists

Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTRATABOUND
Ore controlNorthwest Plunging Isoclinial Fold
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Upper Marble Formation
StructureNorthwest plunging isoclinal fold
Tectonic settingGrenville Lowlands
AlterationDolomitization; Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1982
Discovery year1979
Identification
Deposit ID10082073
MRDS IDW044665
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.54222, -75.00111
References
BURGER, JOHN R., 1983, ST JOE'S PIERREPONT MINE: ENGINNEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 184, NO. 2, PP. 58-60.Leach, D., Sangster, D., Kelley, K., Large, R.R., Garven, G., Allen, C., Gutzmer, J., and Walters, S., 2005, Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective. Economic Geology, 100th Aniversary Volume. pp. 561-607. Also Appendices A, B, C, D, E, and SupplementFoose, 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.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1930, ST. JOE WILL DEVELOP PIERREPONT ZINC MINE AND REACTIVATE MONACA: VOLUME 181, NUMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 1930, P. 13.KNEZEVICH, NICHOLAS, 1980, CAUTIOUS HOPE GREETS SAINT JOE ZINC START UP PLAN: PITTSBURGH PRESS VOLUME 97 NUMBER 59, AUGUST 21, 1980, P. A4.MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, VOL. 66 NO. 9, SEPT. 1980, P. 7.