Description
Saratoga Graphite Company
Commodities
PrimaryGraphite, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsGraphite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist
StructureFault Paralell To Bedding, Evidence Of Slickensided Surfaces
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Last production1918
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10081514
MRDS IDW033576
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.14165, -73.77927
References
ALLING, A.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW STATE MUSESUM BULLETIN 199, P. 105-110CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 148, MAP.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