Mine detail: Hyatt Mine

Previously called 'Hyatt Zinc Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.30438, -75.31858

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Tremolite, Talc, Serpentine
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Grenville Supergroup
Host type:Marble
Tectonic:Grenville Lowlands
Alteration processes:Dolomitization; Silicification

References

MRDSW044771
MAS360890011
DEP10199530
Reference{Commodity:: 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 444.}{Deposit:: HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE 1937 TO 1948: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P 121.}{Deposit:: Knight, Richard H., 2005, Recent zinc ore discoveries in the Balmat-Edwards district, northwest Adirondacks, New York state: a case history; Paper No. 20-6, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 1, p. 64.}{Geology:: CUSHING, H.P., AND NEWLAND, D.H., 1925, GEOLOGY OF GOUVERNEUR QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 259, PP 103-104.}{Geology:: DELORRAINE, W.F., DILL, D.B., KNIGHT, R.H., AND JOHNSON, J.T., 1993, GEOLOGY OF THE BALMAT ZINC MINES, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: IN THOMPSON, T.B., ED., SELECTED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF VERMONT AND THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK; SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 17, P. 26-48.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul, Woodruff, Laurel G., Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)