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Colombia Graphite Co. Prospect

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081499
MRDS ID W033554
Record type Site
Current site name Colombia Graphite Co. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.55647, 43.95747 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.65 MILES N 31 W OF BM 914 NEAR IRONVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Lake(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Analytical data

Result AUG DIAMETER .48MMX .33MM: SAMPLE 1, .143MMX .074MM
Result SAMPLE 2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.55647, 43.95747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 60 S 68 W TO 42E
    Plunge direction EASTWARD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1905

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Columbia Graphite Co
    First year 1905
  • Type Owner
    Owner Columbia Graphite Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 21-23

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-84 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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