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Flake Graphite Co. Property

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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081516
MRDS ID W033578
Record type Site
Current site name Flake Graphite Co. Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.92622, 43.13859 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Relative position 3.4 MILES S78.5W OF BM 600 IN PORTER CORNERS 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

Porter Corners(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Comments on the location information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKING IS A OPEN CUT EXTENDING EAST-WEST ALONG NORTHEN SLOPE OF A SPUR OF THE MAIN RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES 4.5% GRF TOP OF BED
Result 7.0% GRF CENTRAL PART OF BED
Result 10% GRF NEAR PEGMATITES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.92622, 43.13859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 30 TO 50 S
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 457.2M
    Depth to bottom 63.09M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Empire Graphite Co.
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1919

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Flake Graphite Co.
    First year 1919
  • Type Owner
    Owner Flake Graphite Co., Bedford, N. Y.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, A.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P 97-105

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, R.B., 1950, THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE DEPT. OF COMMERCE, P. 75, 76

  • Deposit

    CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 148-149

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCE 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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