East Nassau Sandstone Quarry

Producer in Rensselaer county in New York, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067439
MRDS ID W000190
Record type Site
Current site name East Nassau Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.85372, 42.52081 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Rensselaer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.85372, 42.52081

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARRY SYMBOL LOCATES IN GLACIAL ALLUVIAL AREA WITH BEDROCK NOT INDICATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1956

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E. M., 1959, "MAP OF N.Y.S. SHOWING MINERAL OCCURRENCES", 1:500,000, USGS BULL. 1072-F

  • Production

    LUEDKE, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMS TOPO MAP, 1953, "NASSAU", 1:24,000 ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.