Mine detail: Graphite Products Corp Mine

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Location: Saratoga County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.14165, -73.77927
dep_id: 10081514
mrds_id: W033576
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Graphite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Some Oxidation By Pyrite Causing Badly Weathered Outcrop
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Fault Paralell To Bedding, Evidence Of Slickensided Surfaces
Year first produced: 1910
yr_lst_prd: 1918
disc_yr: 1925
discr: Saratoga Graphite Company
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLING, A.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW STATE MUSESUM BULLETIN 199, P. 105-110
  • Deposit:: CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 148, MAP.
  • 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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