Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite
SecondaryIron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSHEETS AND LENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueChlorite, Graphite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGabbro,Pegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1883
Last production1921
Identification
Deposit ID10082127
MRDS IDW044754
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.47942, -75.24376
References
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, PP 21-23PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 65-75, PLATE 16SMYTH, C.H., JR., 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 153-159, FIG 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25LUEDKE, 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 425