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American Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081443
MRDS ID W033480
Record type Site
Current site name American Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.57286, 43.7508 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 1.3 MILES S 87 W OF BM 1521 IN GRAPHITE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(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)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Mica Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Feldspar Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE AVERAGED 5 TO 7% GRF

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Quartz-Feldspar Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.57286, 43.7508
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 20 TO 25 SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 965.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1921

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Graphite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.336HA
    Length 402.34M
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 585.22M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINING AND UNDERGROUND MINING DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUS BULLETIN 199, P. 43-57

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072 F, P. 400-401

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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