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Empire Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Washington 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080852
MRDS ID W032235
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.92761, 43.13998 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, UP PEACOCK BROOK TO 1150 FT ABOVE MSL.

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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • TRENCH AND ADITS LOCATED AND SAMPLED SEPT, 1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Grenville Series; Schist, Marble, Quartzite
    Rock description Grenville Series; Schist, Marble, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.92761, 43.13998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N85E
    Dip 20S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Original Carbonaceous Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS LOCATED AND SAMPLED SEPT, 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES JC95-JC98 SEPT, 1982. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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