Mine detail: Hooper Bros. Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.56081, -73.48786

Resource(B)

Primary:	Graphite
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Graphite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Grenville Series (Schist, Quartzite
Host type:	Schist
Tectonic:	Adirondack Highlands
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite

References

MRDS	W032239
DEP	10080855
Reference	ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150 P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.