Mine detail: Champlain Graphite Co. Mine

Previously called 'Tinsman Graphite Mine'

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Location: Washington County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.54692, -73.4687
dep_id: 10106254
mrds_id: W032237
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Graphite
gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation Of Pyrite To Iron Oxide And Sulfides
conc_proc: Metamorphism Of Carbonaceous Material
ore_ctrl: Original Carbonaceous Horizon
Reporter: Sutphin, David M.
hrock_unit: Grenville Series; Schist, Quartzite, Marble
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Faulting In Pit Part Of Graben Forming Lake Champlain
tectonic: Adirondack Highlands
References:
  • ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150 P
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