he Benson Mine is an iron-ore mine located near Star Lake, a village in the southern St. Lawrence County, New York. The ore body at Benson Mine was discovered in 1810 by engineers conducting a survey for a new military road from Albany to Ogdensburg. The mines closed in 1978.

The state is advancing a solar project on a former tailings pile with a potential buildable area of 172 acres located in the Town of Clifton, St. Lawrence County for an estimated 20 megawatts (MW) solar capacity project.