| Deposit ID | 10090004 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044787 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pope Mills Deposit |
| Related records | 10126984 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.55738, 44.47026 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 91 |
| Relative position | 1.53 MILES S 50 E OF BM 283 IN POPE MILLS NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Lawrence(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pope Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | St. Lawrence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Graphite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | -75.55738, 44.47026 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 E |
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | St. Lawrence Graphite Co. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.438HA |
| Overall depth | 4.57M |
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044787 |
ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 111-112
LOGAN, W.N., 1904, ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, VOL. 56, PT. 1, P 123
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. 401
MILLS, F.S., 1908, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK: THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 85, FEB. 22, P 306-308
PETERSON, R.B., 1950, THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, P 76
HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1937 TO 1948: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P 36, 37
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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