Mine detail: Sacandaga Graphite Co

Previously called 'Glen Falls Graphite Co. Mine'

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Location: Saratoga County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.31609, -73.95122
dep_id: 10081515
mrds_id: W033577
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Graphite, Pyrite
gangue: Augite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone Trending N23e
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Syncline Nw-Se
Year first produced: 1906
yr_lst_prd: 1918
disc_yr: 1925
discr: Glen Falls Graphite Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLING, A.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 92-96, 135.
  • Deposit:: MILLER, W.J., 1923, GEOLOGY OF THE LUZERNE QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 245, 246, P. 62, 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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