New York · St. Lawrence County
Occurrence

Mitchell Prospect

St. Lawrence County, New York, United States
Sulfur-PyriteIronPig Iron
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Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSTRINGERS, LENSES, SHEETS
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Last production1904
Identification
Deposit ID10089995
MRDS IDW044765
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.44276, -75.32709
References
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEIN IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, P 27, 28, 29PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 61, 62, 63, PLATE 15LUEDKE, 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 BULLETION 1072F, P 425