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Champlain Graphite Co. Mine

Past Producer in Washington 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106254
MRDS ID W032237
Record type Site
Current site name Champlain Graphite Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names Tinsman Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.4687, 43.54692 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Relative position NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF SOUTH BAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehall(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 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite To Iron Oxide And Sulfides

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) -73.4687, 43.54692
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting In Pit Part Of Graben Forming Lake Champlain

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N00E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 4.57M
    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

Mining district

District name New York Southern Graphite Area

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND TRENCH LOCATED AND SAMPLED SEPT, 1982. SHEAR ZONE ABOUT T EN FEET WIDE MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS, N.Y. ST. MUSE UM BULL., NO. 199, 150 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPES JC 80-JC 83 SEPT, 1982. ; 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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