Mine detail: Crown Point Graphite Co. Prospect

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Location: Essex County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.89441, -73.56314
dep_id: 10081501
mrds_id: W033558
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
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Quartzite,Gneiss
yr_lst_prd: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSIT: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLET 199, P 17-20
  • 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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