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Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021

Past Producer in Orange county in New York, United States with commodity Stone
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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 10068254
MRDS ID W001206
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021
Related records 10200040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.9865, 41.5586 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wappingers Falls(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 Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS NO MAJOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT. MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED MARBLE, PARTLY CALCITIC AND PARTLY DOLOMITIC WITH MINOR LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) Wappinger Group
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA OF UPWARD FAULTED METAMORPHOSED MARBLE STRUCTURAL BLOCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newburgh

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING ON QUALITY AND THICKNESS OF BEDROCK; SITE NEAR WEST SIDE OF HUDSON RIVER, NEAR RAILROAD ON EAST SIDE, HIGHWAY ON WEST SIDE.

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 MERRILL'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1956, "WAPPINGERS FALLS", AT 1:24000 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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