Malden On Hudson Sandstone Quarry

Producer in Ulster 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067447
MRDS ID W000203
Record type Site
Current site name Malden On Hudson Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.934, 42.10027 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ulster(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saugerties(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(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 Ulster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.934, 42.10027

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GENERALLY LIGHT GRAY OR GREENISH GRAY, FINE-GRAINED, USUALLY ARGILLACEOUS SANDSTONE; FAIR FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE, BUT POOR FOR DIMENSION OR DECORATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1890

Mining district

District name Hudson Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "MAP ECONOMIC DEPOSITS OF N.Y.S.", 1:750,000, N.Y.S. MUSEUM 23RD REPORT

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1895, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF N.Y.S.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM, V.3, NO. 15, PG. 400-405

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.