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Salt Hill Emery Prospects

Occurrence in Westchester county in New York, United States with commodity Emery
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067359
MRDS ID W000093
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Hill Emery Prospects
Related records 10135618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.86595, 41.23916 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ossining(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Westchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emery Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Garnet Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sapphire Ore
Spinel Ore
Hypersthene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.86595, 41.23916
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITIZATION OF NORITE TO FORM BLACK EMERY, AND SPINEL, CORUNDUM COMMON, MINOR SAPPHIRE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT PITS & OCCURENCES ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE; ESTIMATE SMALL RESOURCES OF HIGH GRADE ORE, LARGE LOW GRADE RESOURCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRIEDMAN, G. M., 1956, "ORIGIN OF SPINEL-EMERY DEPOSITS,"N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 351, TEXT, MAPS, PG.16

  • Production

    FRIEDMAN, 1956

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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