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Clay Pit No. Hk-020

Past Producer in Dutchess 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068233
MRDS ID W001185
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pit No. Hk-020
Related records 10150737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.97789, 41.47388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS LARGE SEMI-CIRCULAR POND ABOUT 400 FEET IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.97789, 41.47388
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Estuarine Clay Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1904

Mining district

District name Fishkill

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE OF PIT INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION OF CLAY FOR BRICK MANUFACTURE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF EASILY ACCESSIBLE CLAY REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "ECON. DEPOSITS MAP OF N. Y.", N. Y. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1891, "QUAT. GEOL. AND BRICK MANU., HUDSON RIVER VALLEY", N. Y. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT, PG 55

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1904.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERRILL'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES PIT BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1957, "WEST POINT" AT 1:24000 SHOWS PIT AS POND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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