Mine detail: Fox Knoll

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Location: Essex County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.37497, -73.46619
dep_id: 10023301
mrds_id: I000142
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite, Garnet
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Grossularite, Wollastonite
gangue: Diopside
model: 65: Skarn wollastonite
alteration: Hydrothermal
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Grenville Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Anorthosite
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-30.
  • Deposit:: DICKSON, TED, 1982, GARNET-- CUTTING INTO FILTRATION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 173, P.35.
  • 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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