Mine detail: Faxon Property

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Location

Lat / long:

43.74275, -73.58953

Resource(B)

Primary:	Graphite
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Graphite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Grenville Series; Schist, Marble, Quartzite, Amphibolite
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Diabase Dike
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Folding Seen In Road Cut May Repeat Rock Sequence. Diabase Dike In Road Cut Stops At Marble.
Tectonic:	Adirondack Highlands
Alteration processes:	Leaching Of Pyrite From Schist Seen In Outcrop.

References

MRDS	W032242
DEP	10080857
Reference	ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSEUM BULL., NO. 199, 150P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.