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Hoosick Falls Limestone Quarry

Producer in Rensselaer county in New York, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067449
MRDS ID W000206
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosick Falls Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.34509, 42.91304 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rensselaer(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoosick Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(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
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.34509, 42.91304
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Interbedded With Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAY TO WHITE LIMESTONE FORMERLY ASSIGNED TO STOCKBRIDGE LIMESTONE FORMATION, SEE E-AN ZEN, 1966.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • CONSTRUCTION STONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "MAP ECONOMIC DEPOSITS OF N.Y.", 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. 423-434

  • Deposit

    ZEN, E-AN, 1966, USGS GQ 507

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1904

Reporter information

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

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