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Buck Mountain Prospect

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10081502
MRDS ID W033559
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Mountain Prospect
Related records 10248513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.46842, 43.9008 (WGS84)
Elevation 372
Relative position ABOUT .12 MILES DIRECTLY WEST OF BUCK MTN POND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown Point(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.46842, 43.9008
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 25 TO 30 SW
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1907

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amalgamated Graphite Co.
    First year 1907

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 131.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACKS GRAPHITE DEPOSIT: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P 14-17

  • 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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