Mine detail: Edwards Mine

Previously called 'Edwards ConcentratorEdwards Zinc Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.33092, -75.26706

Resource(B)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead
Tertiary: Iron, Barium-Barite, Copper
Ore: Sphalerite, Pyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Magnetite, Hematite, Barite
Gangue: Quartz, Diopside, Tremolite, Serpentine, Talc, Calcite, Dolomite, Anhydrite, Chlorite, Ilvaite, Garnet, Phlogopite
Orebody form: lenticular, tabular, pod
Discovery year: 1903

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Syngenetic
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1915
Last production ended: 1980

Geology

Host rock:Upper Marble Formation
Host type:Marble
Structure:Folds
Tectonic:Grenville Lowlands
Alteration processes:Dolomitization; Silicification

References

MRDSW020671
DEP10074401
Reference{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.}
ReporterDrescher, Theodore A., Nyahay, Richard E., Schruben, Paul, Woodruff, Laurel G., no name