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Crown Point Graphite Co. Prospect

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081501
MRDS ID W033558
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Graphite Co. Prospect
Related records 10151349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.56314, 43.89441 (WGS84)
Elevation 375
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES N 55 W OF BM 954 NEAR CHILSON 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

Eagle Lake(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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE AUG DIAMETER .91 MM X .65 MM
Result 2.97 GRF

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.56314, 43.89441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 65 TO 70 E
    Dip 55-60 S
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1910

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 21.95M
    Overall length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSIT: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLET 199, P 17-20

  • 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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