| Deposit ID | 10081514 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033576 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Graphite Products Corp Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.77927, 43.14165 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 186 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE S55W OF BM 346 IN KING'S STATION, NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Saratoga(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Corinth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)
Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Saratoga |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Graphite Critical | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Graphite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | SAMPLE 7.7% GRF |
|---|---|
| Result | 1.2% PYR |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -73.77927, 43.14165 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Paralell To Bedding, Evidence Of Slickensided Surfaces |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50W TO N75W |
| Dip | 38 TO 42 S15W |
| Length | 114.3M |
| Depth to bottom | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | Saratoga Graphite Company |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Graphite Products Corp. |
| First year | 1918 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Graphite Products Corp |
| First year | 1918 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.014HA |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Overall length | 175.26M |
| Overall width | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033576 |
ALLING, A.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW STATE MUSESUM BULLETIN 199, P. 105-110
CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 148, MAP.
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
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1984 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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