Cubic Tetrahexahedra Magnetite: Crystals from the Fowler Orebody, Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York

Title	Cubic Tetrahexahedra Magnetite: Crystals from the Fowler Orebody, Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2008
Authors	Chamberlain, S., Robinson, G., M. Lupulescu, Morgan, T., Johnson, J., Delorraine, W.
Keywords	magnetite, New York, sphalerite
Journal	Rocks \& Minerals
Volume	83
Issue Number	3
Pagination	224-239
Abstract	In 1991, the Zinc Corporation of America’s (ZCA) mining operation to recover sphalerite from the stratabound Fowler orebody near Balmat in St. Lawrence County, New York, encountered an altered area of unusual mineralogy. Magnetite crystals occurred either lining halite-filled veins, along with anhydrite, sphalerite, and calcite, or frozen in a matrix of halite and talc together with pods of zoned massive sulfides. The magnetite crystals have unusual morphology and may well rank among the finest examples of the species yet found.
DOI	10.3200/RMIN.83.3.224-239
URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/RMIN.83.3.224-239