Rowland Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New York, United States with commodities Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Quartz
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081438
MRDS ID W033475
Record type Site
Current site name Rowland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.96927, 43.60415 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position .8 MILES S 16 W OF BM 1307 IN JOHNSBURGH 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

Johnsburg(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 Secondary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN TYPE SAMPLE 82.72% GRF
Result BEDDED ORE SAMPLE 6 TO 7% GRF
Result 22% PYR

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 20 TO 35 S
    Thickness 8.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1837
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1910

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rowland Graphite Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, PP. 88-89

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1914, THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CREEK QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 170, P. 84, 85, 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1830'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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