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Graphite Products Corp.

Past Producer in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodities Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080853
MRDS ID W032236
Record type Site
Current site name Graphite Products Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.78622, 43.14054 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 1 MI SW OF KINGS STATION, 4 MI N OF SARATOGA SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corinth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Comments on the location information

  • REACHED USING JEEP TRAIL WEST OF RT. 9 OPPOSITE WORTH RD. TO 600 F T ABOVE MSL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Grenville Series; Schist, Quartzite
    Rock description Grenville Series; Schist, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.78622, 43.14054
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip 42S
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Original Carbonaceous Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name New York Southern Graphite Area

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 11 ADITS USING ROOM AND PILLAR MINING LOCATED AND SAMPLES SEPT, 1 982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES JC91-JC94 SEPT, 1982. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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