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The Bly Property Mine

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Graphite, Feldspar, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081505
MRDS ID W033562
Record type Site
Current site name The Bly Property Mine
Alternate or previous names Jumbo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58564, 43.86191 (WGS84)
Elevation 567
Relative position 1.75 MILES N 24 W OF BM 1222 AT PUTNAM POND IN ADIRONDACK STATE PARK NEW YORK

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)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AUG 6.5% GRF
Result 49.64% FLD
Result 26.06% QTZ

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.58564, 43.86191
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 65 W TO N 85 W
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of last production 1975

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr John D. Bly Crown Point

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.025HA
    Length 15.85M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 15.85M
    Overall width 16.76M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P.60-71

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WBUCKE, 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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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