Mine detail: Colombia Graphite Co. Prospect

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Location: Essex County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.95747, -73.55647
dep_id: 10081499
mrds_id: W033554
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Graphite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Marble
Year first produced: 1903
yr_lst_prd: 1905
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 21-23
  • 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
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