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Parker Deposit

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082134
MRDS ID W044768
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -75.40931, 44.24526 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 0.78 MILES S75W OF BM 681 IN BALMAT NY, 0.68 mi SW of Balmat No.2 shaft.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -75.40931, 44.24526
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Anticlinal Fold Slightly Overturned Toward The Southeast

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Northern New York Developement Co
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT WAS PUT DOWN BY THE NORTHERN NEW YORK MINING CORP. AND NUMEROUS DRILL HOLES DRIVEN BY SEVERAL COMPANIES. IN 1940 HANS LUNDBERG, LTD. OF TORONTO, CANADA MADE A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF THE AREA

Comments on development

  • FIRST EXPLORED IN 1927 BY ST. JOSEPH LEAD CO., THEN IN 1930 BY UNIVERSAL EXPLORATION CO. IN 1937 U.S. SMELTING, REFINING AND MINING CO EXCAVATED A NUMBER OF TRENCHES, ALSO EXPLORED BY AMERICAN METALS CO.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W044768

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERMANCE, H.P., AND SANFORD, R.S., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF PARKER AND WEBB ZINC DEPOSITS, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, N.Y.: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4417, P. 31

  • 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. 444

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey