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Lead Hills Mines

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081500
MRDS ID W033557
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Hills Mines
Related records 10200027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.4737, 43.86664 (WGS84)
Elevation 277
Relative position 2.3 MILES N 56 W OF BM 254 IN TICONDEROGA NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ticonderoga(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Beekmantown Group (in part)
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LODE AND BEDED
    Strike N-70W
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1862

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX SET OF WORKINGS: THE WOODCHUCK WORKINGS, YOUNGS LION PIT, FRYATT WORKINGS HIGHER WORKINGS, OLD LION TUNNEL, SIXTH WORKING

Comments on development

  • ACCORDING TO A LETTER WRITTEN BY JAMES HALL THREE TONS ANNUALLY TAKEN OUT OF THE GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P. 23-31

  • 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-AUG-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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