CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
655 United States (New York) 44.09.35 N -- 075.11.20 W Jayville Fe
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Jayville
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: New York; Subprovince or locality: St.Lawrence County; Nearest community: Oswegatchie (6 mi 255)
Deposit clan (type): Kiruna-type
Deposit (sub) types: skarn(?)
Deposit status: past producer; Size category: 200 000 long tonnes; Status comments: Production from 1854 to 1888 estimated between 25 000 and 200 000 long tonnes, from scattered pits and underground workings. Orebodies small and disconnected, with varying attitudes.
Geologic province: Grenville Province
Geologic subprovince: Adirondack Mountains
Deposit object located: mine site
Commodities: Fe
References:
Leonard, B. F.; Buddington, A. F., 1964
Ore Deposits of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District, Northwest Adirondacks, New York
Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 377, 259 p., 27 maps.

Newland, D. H., 1908
Geology of the Adirondack Magnetic Iron Ores, with a Report on the Mineville-Port Henry Mine Group by J. F. Kemp
New York State Museum Bulletin, p. 1 - 182


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