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Sacandaga Graphite Co

Past Producer in Saratoga 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081515
MRDS ID W033577
Record type Site
Current site name Sacandaga Graphite Co
Alternate or previous names Glen Falls Graphite Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.95122, 43.31609 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position .8 MILES N86W OF CONKLINGVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conklingville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacandaga(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Comments on the location information

  • FOLLOW THE NORTH ROAD WEST OF CONKLINGVILLE TO THE FORK (BM 814) AND TURNING NORTH ALONG EAST BANK OF A SMALL STREAM, 3/8 OF A MILE, AND 1700 FT. TO THE EAST OF ELEVATION 1000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Augite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 10.5% GRF
Result 290
Result PYR

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.95122, 43.31609
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline Nw-Se

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 30 N 20 E
    Plunge direction NW
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Trending N23e

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Glen Falls Graphite Co.
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1918

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Scandaga Graphite Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE THREE PITS ARE ON THE APEX OF THE FOLD. ALL ARE IRREGULAR SHAPED FORMING A U IN VERTICAL SECTION.

Comments on development

  • GLENS FALLS.GRAPHITE CO OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, A.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 92-96, 135.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1923, GEOLOGY OF THE LUZERNE QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 245, 246, P. 62, MAP

  • 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

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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