Mine detail: De Kalb Deposit

Previously called 'Rowland DepositMc Lear Deposit'

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Location: St. Lawrence County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.45887, -75.3107
dep_id: 10082192
mrds_id: W044858
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Minor mineral: Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Diopside, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine, Talc, Tourmaline, Tremolite
orebody_fm: SHEETLIKE
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1908
yr_lst_prd: 1938
disc_yr: 1907
discr: J.H Mclear
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 393
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 169-170
  • Deposit:: SHAUB, B.M, 1929, A UNIQUE FELDSPAR DEPOSIT NEAR DE KALB JUNCTION, NY.: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 24, NO.1, P 68-89
  • Deposit:: SHAUB, B.M., 1940, AGE OF URANITE FROM MCLEAR PEGMATITE NEAR RICHVILLE STATION, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 25, NO 7. P 480-487
  • Deposit:: TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P77-79
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