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Albany Clay Pit

Producer in Albany county in New York, United States with commodity Clay
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  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 10067475
MRDS ID W000248
Record type Site
Current site name Albany Clay Pit
Related records 10151087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.79149, 42.67859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Albany(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 Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.79149, 42.67859
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Valley

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL THIN DEPOSITS OF CLAY ALONG AND IN HUDSON RIVER; ESTUARY BLUE CLAY DEPOSITS WEATHER TO RED AND YELLOW; USUALLY 20 TO 50 FEET THICK WHERE DEVELOPED, ELSE 4 TO 20 FEET THICK WHERE PRESENT.

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

Comments on development

  • CLAY PLANT ACTIVE IN AREA, 1952.

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. 494-499

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM, J. A., 1952, "MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF N.Y.S.", 1:750,000; N.Y.S. MUSEUM, N.Y.S. SCIENCE SERVICE

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1904, GRAHAM, 1952

Reporter information

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

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