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Arana Marble Co. Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in New York, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081458
MRDS ID W033499
Record type Site
Current site name Arana Marble Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.34259, 43.56747 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.3 MILES N20W OF BM 436 IN EAST WHITEHALL 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

Thorn Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(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
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Whitehall
    Rock description Whitehall
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.34259, 43.56747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1897

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arana Marble Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Geo. D. Harris (Arana Marble Co.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    RIES, HEINRICH, 1901, LIME AND CEMENT INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 44, P 827

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 413 418

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-84 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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