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Ashley Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in New York, United States with commodities Quartz, Feldspar
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081453
MRDS ID W033492
Record type Site
Current site name Ashley Quarry
Alternate or previous names Fort Ann Pegmatite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.51675, 43.4372 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 3.3 MILES N 38 E OF BM 366 JUST EAST OF WEST FORT ANN, NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putnam Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.51675, 43.4372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SILL
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 20 SE
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1910

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dominick Ashley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on development

  • 2 SEPERATE SITES, ONE FOR QUARTZ, THE OTHER FOR FELDSPAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., AND HARTNAGEL, C.A., 1939, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK FOR 1934 TO 1936: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 319, P. 36

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PANG, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P 72-76

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIAL OF NEW YORK - GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 165-166

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 424

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUARTZ LOCATION HAS LATITUDE, LONGITUDE 43 DEGREES-26'-38"N AND 073 DEGREES-31'-24"W RESPECTIVELY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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