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Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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 10068251
MRDS ID W001203
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.96123, 41.70582 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ulster(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poughkeepsie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(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
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS TWO DEPRESSIONS, THE LARGER 400 FEET LONG NE. TO SW. AND 100 FEET WIDE NW. TO SE.; THE SMALLER, 50 FEET DUE NORTH, TRENDS IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND IS ABOUT 200 FEET LONG, 50 FEET WIDE; BOTH PITS ARE LESS THAN 10 FEET DEEP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.96123, 41.70582
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORMANSKILL FORMATION, MOSTLY SHALE BEDS WITH SOME GRAYWACKE AND CHERT BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1904; UNKNOWN DURATION

Mining district

District name Poughkeepsie

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, BUT PROBABLY ONLY MINOR AMOUNT OF EASILY QUARRIED SANDSTONE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1904.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1957, "POUGHKEEPSIE", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS DEPRESSIONS. MERRILL'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 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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