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Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Stone, Clay
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068258
MRDS ID W001210
Record type Site
Current site name Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.85178, 41.73277 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pleasant Valley(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 Primary
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS CIRCULAR AREA ABOUT 300 FEET IN DIAMETER IN HILLSIDE WITH WORKING FACE TO EAST ABOUT 20 FEET HIGH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.85178, 41.73277
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORMANSKILL FORMATION MOSTLY SHALE BEDS, IN PLACES WITH CHERT AND GRAYWACKE LAYERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Poughkeepsie

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF BUILDING MATERIAL PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1957, "PLEASANT VALLEY" AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "PLEASANT VALLEY", 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.

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