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Dixon's American Graphite Co. Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080856
MRDS ID W032241
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon's American Graphite Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58009, 43.7508 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position AT GRAPHITE, 5 MI W OF LAKE GEORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graphite(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

Comments on the location information

  • SUMMER PIT APPROX 100 FT NE OF ELEPHANT HEAD ON RT 8. MAIN ADDITS 250 FT WNE OF ELEPHANT HEAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite 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, Gneiss, Marble
    Rock description Grenville Series; Schist, Gneiss, Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.58009, 43.7508
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHES AND SWELLS
    Strike N60E
    Dip 28S
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Original Carbonaceous Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1888

Mining district

District name New York Southern Graphite Area

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixon Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Graphite Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADITS PARTIALLY SEALED IN 1970'S. ENTRANCES CAN BE LOCATED R EACHING OVER 250' SOUTHEASTWARD IN 1982.

Comments on development

  • ALLING (1918) STATES THAT PRESENTLY THIS PROPERTY IS THE MOST IMP ORTANT PRODUCER OF FLAKE GRAPHITE IN THE ADIRONDACKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES JC16-JC18 SEPT 1982. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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