Database name: |
World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2015-03-04 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Phillips vein; Lyon Mountain ore belt; Lyon Mountain deposit group |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: New York; Subprovince or locality: Clinton County; Nearest community: Standish Town |
Deposit clan (type): |
Kiruna-type |
Deposit (sub) types: |
intrusion-hosted; deposition of magnetite from sodic, ore-bearing solutions genetically related to the host Lyon Mountain leucogranitic suite, at 600 to 700 degrees C. |
Geologic province: |
Grenville Province |
Geologic subprovince: |
Adirondack Mountains |
Deposit object located: |
mine site |
Commodities: |
Fe |
References: |
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 |
Postel, A. W., 1952 |
Geology of the Clinton County Magnetite District, New York |
Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 237, 87 p., 3 maps. |
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Associated group(s): |
Lyon Mountain ore belt (9) |