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Wight Mine

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082214
MRDS ID W044891
Record type Site
Current site name Wight Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.39181, 44.26192 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position .19 MILES N 74 E OF BM 674 NORTH OF BALMAT NEW YORK
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/8 MILES SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF FOWLER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.39181, 44.26192
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Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gouverneur Talc Co., A Subsidary Of R. T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gouverneur Talc Co, Subsidary Of R. T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • WAS OPERATED BY INTERNATIONAL TALC CO. UNTIL THE COMPANY WAS BOUGHT BY GOUVERNEUR TALC CO

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W044891
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0360890173 MRDS dep_id 10272357 merged into 10082214
Mine Safety and Health Administration MSHA MSHA 3002236 MRDS dep_id 10272357 merged into 10082214

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGEL, A.E.J., 1962, THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND TALC DEPOSITS OF THE BALMAT-EDWARDS DISTRICT: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, P. 345-346

  • 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 441

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey