Mineralogy of Chub Lake-Type Hematite Deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. History
3.2. Geology
3.3. Oxygen Isotopes
3.4. Mineralogy of Individual Localities
3.4.1. Dodge Mine
3.4.2. Chub Lake Prospect
3.4.3. Toothaker Creek Prospect
3.4.4. Bowman Prospect
3.4.5. Whitton Prospect
3.4.6. Toothaker Pond Prospect
4. Discussion
4.1. Origin
4.1.1. Hypothesis 1
4.1.2. Hypothesis 2
4.1.3. Evaluation of Hypotheses
4.1.4. Final Comments
4.2. Other Ore Deposits in the Adirondack Lowlands
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Species | δ18O (VSMOW) |
---|---|---|
CL-1 | Hematite | −4.0 |
Hematite | −3.5 | |
Calcite | 15.8 | |
CL-2 | Quartz | 19.9 |
Quartz | 19.9 | |
Quartz | 20.5 | |
Calcite | 15.7 | |
CL-3 | Calcite | 15.9 |
CL-4 | Calcite | 18.9 |
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Chamberlain, S.C.; Lupulescu, M.V.; Bailey, D.G. Mineralogy of Chub Lake-Type Hematite Deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY. Minerals 2019, 9, 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9090567
Chamberlain SC, Lupulescu MV, Bailey DG. Mineralogy of Chub Lake-Type Hematite Deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY. Minerals. 2019; 9(9):567. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9090567
Chicago/Turabian StyleChamberlain, Steven C., Marian V. Lupulescu, and David G. Bailey. 2019. "Mineralogy of Chub Lake-Type Hematite Deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY" Minerals 9, no. 9: 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9090567