Mine detail: De Kalb Deposit

Previously called 'Rowland DepositMc Lear Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.45887, -75.3107

Resource(N)

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine, Talc, Tourmaline, Tremolite
Orebody form: SHEETLIKE
Discovery year: 1907

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1908
Last production ended: 1938

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSW044858
DEP10082192
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 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}
ReporterNyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)