Mine detail: Rock Pond Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

43.85497, -73.59064

Resource(B)

Primary:	Graphite
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Graphite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Grenville Series; Schist, Quartzite, Marble
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Alling (1918) Mapped This Site As Part Of A Syncline. A Fault Cuts Off The Ore Body.
Tectonic:	Adirondack Highlands
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite To Iron Oxides And Sulfides.

References

MRDS	W032244
DEP	10080859
Reference	ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.