Mine detail: Faxon Property

Previously called 'Wheeler Lot: Mineral Rights On Lot 229'

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Location: Warren County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.74164, -73.58897
dep_id: 10081444
mrds_id: W033481
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Minor mineral: Quartz, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar, Graphite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Quartz-Feldspar Schist
Year first produced: 1892
yr_lst_prd: 1921
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, PP 43-57
  • Deposit:: LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072 F, P. 400-401
  • Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1908, GRAPHITE: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES PART 2, P. 724, 725
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