Mine detail: Faxon Property

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

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Location

Lat / long: 43.74164, -73.58897

Resource(N)

Primary: Graphite
Secondary: Quartz, Feldspar
Ore: Feldspar, Graphite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1892
Last production ended: 1921

Geology

Host type:Quartz-Feldspar Schist

References

MRDSW033481
DEP10081444
Reference{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}
ReporterNyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)