Mine detail: Gold Hill Prospect

Previously called 'Laidlaw Vein'

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Location: Jefferson County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.27859, -75.60377
dep_id: 10082083
mrds_id: W044677
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Chlorite
orebody_fm: SHEETED
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1934, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HAMMOND, ANTWERP AND LOWVILLE QUADRANGLES; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 296, P , MAP.
  • Deposit:: BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEIN IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 1, PP 35-37
  • Deposit:: PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP. 39-41, PLATE 13
  • 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 425
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