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Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018

Past Producer in Ulster 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068255
MRDS ID W001207
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.96178, 41.59388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ulster(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 Ulster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS TWO ADJACENT QUARRIES. NORTH QUARRY ABOUT 1000 FEET IN DIAMETER, WORKING FACE TO NORTH 150 FEET HIGH; SOUTH QUARRY 1000 FEET LONG SW. TO NE., 600 TO 800 FEET WIDE SW. TO NE., WORKING FACE TO SW. 80 FEET HIGH. 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) -73.96178, 41.59388
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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

Mining district

District name Marlborough

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE OF PITS INDICATES LARGE AMOUNTS OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF UNKNOWN QUALITY AND TYPE OF BEDROCK REMAIN; SITE ADJACENT TO WEST SIDE HUDSON RIVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1956, "WAPPINGERS FALLS", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRIES BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "WAPPINGERS FALLS", 1956

Reporter information

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

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