Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar
SecondaryQuartz
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSHEETLIKE
Materials
GangueDiopside, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine, Talc, Tourmaline, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1908
Last production1938
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10082192
MRDS IDW044858
Alternate namesRowland Deposit, Mc Lear Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.45887, -75.3107
References
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 393NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 169-170SHAUB, B.M, 1929, A UNIQUE FELDSPAR DEPOSIT NEAR DE KALB JUNCTION, NY.: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 24, NO.1, P 68-89SHAUB, B.M., 1940, AGE OF URANITE FROM MCLEAR PEGMATITE NEAR RICHVILLE STATION, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 25, NO 7. P 480-487TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P77-79