Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite
SecondaryIron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formSHEETED, STRINGERS
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Graphite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGabbro
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1905
Last production1908
Identification
Deposit ID10089990
MRDS IDW044753
Alternate namesHigh Falls Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.51748, -75.1968
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 23-25NEWLAND, D.H., 1906, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY DURING 1905; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 102, P121-122PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP. 75-77, PLATE 17SMYTH, C.H., JR, 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 158, PP 161-164LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCE TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 425