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South Vedder Hill Sandstone Quarry

Producer in Greene county in New York, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067465
MRDS ID W000232
Record type Site
Current site name South Vedder Hill Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.924, 42.22416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cementon(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 Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.924, 42.22416
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GENERALLY GRAY, COARSE-GRAINED, HARD, DURABLE, SPLITS WELL FOR SLABS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hudson Valley

Comments on the production information

  • CONSTRUCTION STONE; TWO QUARRY SITES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1895, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF N.Y.S.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM, V. 3, NO. 15, PG. 402

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1895

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMS TOPO MAP, 1963, "CEMENTON", 1:24,000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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

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