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Potterville Prospect

Occurrence in Warren county in New York, United States with commodities Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081436
MRDS ID W033473
Record type Site
Current site name Potterville Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.82621, 43.69165 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 2.5 MILES S 01 W OF BM 822 IN POTTERSVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chestertown(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 Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Phlogopite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.82621, 43.69165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 25 TO 30 S 78 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 38

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1914, THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CREEK QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 170, P. 84, MAP.

  • 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 400-401

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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