Mine detail: Pierrepont Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.54222, -75.00111

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Sphalerite
Orebody form: STRATABOUND
Discovery year: 1979

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Upper Marble Formation
Host type:Marble
Structure:Northwest plunging isoclinal fold
Tectonic:Grenville Lowlands
Alteration processes:Dolomitization; Silicification

References

MRDSW044665
DEP10082073
Reference{Deposit:: BURGER, JOHN R., 1983, ST JO* PIERREPONT MINE: ENGINNEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 184, NO. 2, PP. 58-60.}{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:: FOOSE, M.P., 1981, USGS BULL. 1519.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1930, ST. JOE WILL DEVELOP PIERREPONT ZINC MINE AND REACTIVATE MONACA: VOLUME 181, NUMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 1930, P. 13.}{Reserve-Resource:: KNEZEVICH, NICHOLAS, 1980, CAUTIOUS HOPE GREETS SAINT JOE ZINC START UP PLAN: PITTSBURGH PRESS VOLUME 97 NUMBER 59, AUGUST 21, 1980, P. A4.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, VOL. 66 NO. 9, SEPT. 1980, P. 7.}
ReporterSmith, Woodruff, Laurel G., Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)