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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bear Pond schist
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Schist
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

Alling, H.L., 1918, The Adirondack graphite deposits: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 199, 150 p.


Summary:

Bear Pond schist. A feldspar quartz-graphite schist, included in Grenville series. Is older than Beech Mountain amphibolite and younger than Catamount schist. Thickness 30+/- feet. Age is pre-Cambrian.
Type locality: Bear Pond, Ticonderoga Twp., Essex Co., Adirondacks, northern NY.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 133).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bear Pond schist
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

Cameron, E.N., and Weis, P.L., 1960, Strategic graphite, a survey, IN Contributions to economic geology, 1958: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1082-E, 320 p.


Summary:

Pg. 289 (fig. 28), 290. Bear Pond schist. Mentioned in report on strategic graphite. Occurs above Catamount schist and below Beech Mountain amphibolite. Age is Precambrian (Grenville).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 252).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bear Pond Schist Member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

Fisher, D.W., 1984, Bedrock geology of the Glens Falls-Whitehall region, New York: New York State Museum Map and Chart Series, no. 35, 3 sheets, 60 p., scale 1:48,000


Summary:

Geol. map, p. 13 (pamphlet). Bear Pond Schist Member of Springhill Pond Formation of Lake George Group. Alling's (1923) Bear Pond Schist is classified as top member of Springhill Pond Formation. Consists of aluminous gneiss; feldspathic-quartz schist. Age is Middle Proterozoic.
Notable exposures in Lake George region, [Warren Co.], eastern NY.

Source: Publication; GNC index card files (USGS-Reston).


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