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Faxon Property

Occurrence in Warren 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080857
MRDS ID W032242
Record type Site
Current site name Faxon Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58953, 43.74275 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO AMERICAN GRAPHITE CO. ON THE WEST AND SW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Warren

Comments on the location information

  • OUTCROPS WEST OF NORTH POND AT ROAD CUTS ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF LOCA L ROCK TYPES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching Of Pyrite From Schist Seen In Outcrop.

Analytical data

Result 5-7% GRAPHITE (ALLING, 1918)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase Dike
    Rock description Diabase Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Grenville Series; Schist, Marble, Quartzite, Amphibolite
    Rock description Grenville Series; Schist, Marble, Quartzite, Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.58953, 43.74275
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding Seen In Road Cut May Repeat Rock Sequence. Diabase Dike In Road Cut Stops At Marble.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N20E
    Dip 15E
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Original Carbonaceous Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name New York Southern Graphite Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Graphite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Faxon, William H.
    Home office Chestertown

Comments on the workings information

  • PREVIOUS WORKINGS DESTROYED. ROAD CUT GIVES GOOD VIEW OF ROCK SEQ UENCES TYPICAL OF GRAPHITE OCCURRENCES IN THE REGION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1/2 MILE OF PROVEN RESERVES WERE SEEN ALONG THE ROAD CUT WEST OF NORTH POND.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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