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Smith Prospect

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090026
MRDS ID W044919
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.56342, 44.4083 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 5.68 MILES S 65.5 E OF BM 544 IN AUSABLE FORKS 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

Clintonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(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
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.56342, 44.4083
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George W. Smith, Keeseville, N. Y.
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • SOME ORE WAS EXTRACTED FOR PROSPECTING PURPOSES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALUNG, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 112-118, FIG. 25

  • 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 1072-F, P. 400

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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