Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-023

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068246
MRDS ID W001198
Record type Site
Current site name Probably Serpentine Marble Rock Quarry No. Hk-023
Related records 10224250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.91262, 41.47305 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(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 Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS NO PIT DEVELOPMENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Serpentine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.91262, 41.47305

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphism Of Calcium Rich Rock Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGIC ZONE OF INTENSELY FOLDED, FAULTED, AND INTRUDED PRE CAMBRIAN ROCK UNITS OF SE. NEW YORK HIGHLANDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Philipstown

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOOD BUILDING STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1957, "WEST POINT" AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "WEST POINT", 1957.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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