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Adirondack Mining and Milling Co Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in New York, United States with commodities Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Mica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081465
MRDS ID W033508
Record type Site
Current site name Adirondack Mining and Milling Co Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.47175, 43.55276 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.95 MILES N84W OF BM 134 IN WHITEHALL NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehall(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 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE AVG 5.29% GRF

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.47175, 43.55276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip 30 S
    Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1907

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Adirondack Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1907

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 78-79

  • 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-AUG-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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