| Location: | St. Lawrence County, New York, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 44.33092, -75.26706 |
| dep_id: | 10074401 |
| mrds_id: | W020671 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Cadmium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead |
| Trace mineral: | Iron, Barium-Barite, Copper |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Deposit type: | Syngenetic |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Sphalerite, Pyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Magnetite, Hematite, Barite |
| gangue: | Quartz, Diopside, Tremolite, Serpentine, Talc, Calcite, Dolomite, Anhydrite, Chlorite, Ilvaite, Garnet, Phlogopite |
| orebody_fm: | lenticular, tabular, pod |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
| alteration: | Dolomitization; Silicification |
| ore_ctrl: | Folding, Lithology |
| Reporter: | Drescher, Theodore A., Nyahay, Richard E., Schruben, Paul, Woodruff, Laurel G., no name |
| hrock_unit: | Upper Marble Formation |
| hrock_type: | Marble |
| Structure: | Folds |
| tectonic: | Grenville Lowlands |
| Year first produced: | 1915 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1980 |
| disc_yr: | 1903 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: 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 441.
- Deposit:: Foose, 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.
- Deposit:: LEA, E.R., AND DILL, D.B., JR., 1968, ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE BALMAT-EDWARDS DISTRICT, NEW YORK: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) V. 1: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 20-48.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,*ODERN PLANT AIDES ST. JOE PROCESSING OF ELUSIVE BALMAT ORES*NOV. 1976.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,*T. JOE MINERALS: GROWING THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION*NOV. 1976, PP. 69-124.
- Deposit:: ST. JOE MINERALS CORPORATIO* NEW FACILITIES AT BALMAT, NEW YORK--OPENING DAY CEREMONIES. 1971, 12 PP.
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