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Rock Pond Deposit

Past Producer in Essex 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080859
MRDS ID W032244
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Pond Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59064, 43.85497 (WGS84)
Elevation 424
Relative position SHAFT IS WITHIN 100 FT OF NORTH EDGE OF ROCK POND. PIT IS UPSLOPE 200 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(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)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL FLAKE GRAPHITE OBSERVED IN OUTCROP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite To Iron Oxides And Sulfides.

Analytical data

Result 17% PYRITE IN ORE (ALLING, 1918)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59064, 43.85497
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Alling (1918) Mapped This Site As Part Of A Syncline. A Fault Cuts Off The Ore Body.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

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
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name New York Southern Graphite Area

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pettinos Brothers Of Bethlehem, Pa
    First year 1906
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ticonderoga Graphite Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A PIT ABOUT 150 FT IN DIAMETER UPSLOPE FROM A N 8 FT DIAMETER DRAINAGE SHAFT. SHAFT NEVER REACHED THE PIT. PIT REMAI NS FLOODED IN 1982.

Comments on development

  • TEN STAMP MILL ERECTED 1902. REMAINS OBSERVED 1982.

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 DEPOSIT MINED OUT, COULD NOT BE MEASURED WHEN SEEN IN 1982.
Deposit SITE VISITED AND SAMPLED SEPT 1982. SAMPLES JC1R, JC2M, JC3R, JC4R . ; 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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