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Rock Pond Prospect

Past Producer in Essex 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. 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 10106280
MRDS ID W033555
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Pond Prospect
Related records 10199729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59064, 43.85414 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Relative position 3.7 MILES N 41 W OF BM 1222 AT PUTNAM POND IN ADIRONDACK STATE PARK 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

Graphite(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59064, 43.85414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1906

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pettinos Brothers Of Bethlehem, Pa
    First year 1906
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr John D. Bly
    First year 1906

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 199, P 60-71

  • 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

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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