Mine detail: Champlain Graphite Company Mine

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Location: Washington County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.54581, -73.45925
dep_id: 10081464
mrds_id: W033506
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Trace mineral: Feldspar, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar, Graphite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Schist
Year first produced: 1904
yr_lst_prd: 1908
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 76-78
  • 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
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