Mine detail: Farr Prospect

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Location: St. Lawrence County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.44804, -75.32015
dep_id: 10096656
mrds_id: W044749
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: LENSES
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Ore Attains Maximum Thickness Along The Axes Of The Anticlinal And Synclinal Drag Folds
yr_lst_prd: 1904
References:
  • Deposit:: BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1 P. 26, 27
  • Deposit:: PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 61, 63-64
  • Deposit:: SMYTH, C.H., JR., 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 158, PP 152-153, FIGS 14, 15
  • 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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