Mine detail: Pierrepont Mine

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Location:	St. Lawrence County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long:	44.54222, -75.00111
dep_id:	10082073
mrds_id:	W044665
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Minor mineral:	Lead
Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	STRATABOUND
work_type:	Underground
model:	208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
alteration:	Dolomitization; Silicification
ore_ctrl:	Northwest Plunging Isoclinial Fold
Reporter:	Smith, Woodruff, Laurel G., Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_unit:	Upper Marble Formation
hrock_type:	Marble
Structure:	Northwest plunging isoclinal fold
tectonic:	Grenville Lowlands
Year first produced:	1982
disc_yr:	1979
discr:	St. Jo* Mineral Resources geologists
References:	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.