Mine detail: Lewis

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Location: Essex County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.31664, -73.6162
dep_id: 10023299
mrds_id: I000136
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite
Trace mineral: Garnet
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Wollastonite
gangue: Garnet
model: 65: Skarn wollastonite
alteration: Hydrothermal
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Grenville Limestone
hrock_type: Gneiss,Limestone
arock_type: Anorthosite
References:
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, PETER, 1986, NEW YOR* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 225, P. 50-66.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-30.
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS), 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.
  • Reserve-Resource:: SMITH, 1981.
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