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Bly Property

Past Producer in Essex 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080858
MRDS ID W032243
Record type Site
Current site name Bly Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58981, 43.86164 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position TICONDEROGA TOWNSHIP, ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF BEAR POND MT. LAT- LON FOR JOAN PIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graphite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Comments on the location information

  • EUTOKA PIT ON ENE SIDE OF BEAR POND MTN AT 1540 FT ALTITUDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite To Iron Oxide And Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.58981, 43.86164
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Alling (1918) Mapped Bear Pond Mtn. As An Anticline.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Original Carbonaceous Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name New York Southern Graphite Area

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bly

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • EUTOKA AND JOAN PITS LOCATED AND SAMPLED SEPT, 1982.

Comments on development

  • SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE FOR EXPLOITATION (ALLING, 1918)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS SEEN AT EUTOKA PIT.
Deposit SEPT, 1982 SAMPLES JC8-10. ; 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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