Mine detail: Graphite Products Corp.

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Location: Saratoga County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.14054, -73.78622
dep_id: 10080853
mrds_id: W032236
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Graphite, Pyrite
gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation Of Pyrite
conc_proc: Metamorphism Of Carbonaceous Material
ore_ctrl: Original Carbonaceous Horizon
Reporter: Sutphin, David M.
hrock_unit: Grenville Series; Schist, Quartzite
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150 P
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