Mine detail: Lead Hill Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

43.86747, -73.47453

Resource(B)

Primary:	Graphite
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Graphite
Gangue:	Augite, Calcite, Garnet, Scapolite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1842

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1855

Geology

Host rock:	Grenville Series; Meta-Sediments (Schist, Marble, Quartzite, Amph Ibolite)
Host type:	Gneiss,Limestone
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Tectonic:	Adirondack Highlands
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite

References

MRDS	W032240
DEP	10106255
Reference	ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.