Lakeside Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New York, United States with commodities Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106271
MRDS ID W033483
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeside Mine
Alternate or previous names Lake Shore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.49675, 43.74941 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 4.5 MILES S 80 E OF THE RIGHT ANGLE MADE BY 43 DEGREES 45' 00" AND 073 DEGREES 30' 00"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putnam(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 Warren

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVG 9% GRF, 75% QTZ, 8% FLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.49675, 43.74941

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PARALLEL DRIFTS WHICH ARE 50 TO 60 FEET APART AND ARE NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 57-59

  • Deposit

    HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK; 1937-1948; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P. 38

  • 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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.