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Towne Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081504
MRDS ID W033561
Record type Site
Current site name Towne Prospect
Related records 10175060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.49953, 43.90914 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.75 MILES N 10 W OF BM 1264 AT WORCESTER POND IN TOWN OF TICONDERROGA NY

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
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.49953, 43.90914
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip 10 S 30 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1903

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Columbia Graphite Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.011HA
    Overall depth 32.92M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 20-21

  • 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-84 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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