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that is difficult to crush without undue attrition of the valuable 

 mineral. The chief objection to the Bly ores is the high mica con- 

 tent. The commercial possibilities were touched upon while dis- 

 cussing the Bear Pond Mountain region. 



Average of the quantitative microscopic analyses of graphitic schists of the 



southern area 



The properties from which specimens have been micro-analysed are capitalized. 





Normal Dixon 

 schist 



Slightly 



contact 



metamorphosed 



Dixon schist 



Bear Pond 

 schist 



Rock Pond 

 " arkosite " 





6.9 

 3.3 



7.6 

 3.4 



6.2 

 9.4 



1.6 





.3 





.1 



Chlorite . . . 



6.1 



little 



15.7 



.7 



.4 



61.6 



3.5 



1.0 



.1 



.2 



.3 



.2 



none 



trace 



none 



none 



100.0 



1.4 



little 

 16.9 



1.4 

 little 

 39.5 



9.5 



.6 



26.1 



7.3 



1.0 



6.7 





little 





.7 





10.3 





13.5 



24.6 



7.9 



1.0 



52.3 





9.6 



Pyrite 



17.1 





.1 









22.8 



.4 





.5 







.05 





trace 







• 5% 

 trace 

 none 

 none 



100.0 







trace 



,4 





.05 







.2 



Total 



100.0 



100.0 









DIXON 

 FAXON 

 HAGUE 

 HOOPER 

 CHAMPLAIN 

 Adirondack 

 Silver Leaf 

 FLAKE 

 GRAPHITE 

 PRODUCTS 



INTERNATIONAL 



ROWLAND 



SACANDAGA 



BLY 



ROCK 





POND 



Classification of the graphite ores 



Dixon schist 



Bear Pond 

 schist 



Rock Pond 



arkosite 



■ Slight contact , 

 metamorphosed 



Contact 



Veins 



Dixon 













Faxon 













Ha-?ue 













Hooper 













Champlain 













Adirondack 













Silver Leaf 













Flake 













Graphite Products 



Bly 













Rock Pond 









International 







International 

 Rowland 



International 



Rowland 



Sacandaga 







Sacandaga 



Sacandaga 





