Mine detail: Hooper Brothers Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.56165, -73.48703

Resource(B)

Primary:	Graphite
Tertiary:	Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Feldspar, Graphite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916
Last production ended:	1921

Geology

Host type:

Schist

References

MRDS	W033509
DEP	10081466
Reference	{Deposit:: ALLING; H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P 71-76}{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}
Reporter	Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)