De Kalb Quarries

Past Producer in Washington county in New York, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081485
MRDS ID W033534
Record type Site
Current site name De Kalb Quarries
Alternate or previous names Hugh William Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.28564, 43.46997 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 2.54 MILES N 10 W OF BM 401 NEAR MIDDLE GRANVILLE 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

Granville(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
Slate, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Poultney
    Rock description Poultney
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.28564, 43.46997

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 5 W
    Dip 40 E 5S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1884
Year of last production 1895

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hugh Williams
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. M. E. Dekalb

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.035HA
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • EAST WALLS SHOW GREEN SLATE AND WEST WALLS SHOW RED SLATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVIUS, J.N., 1901, ROOFING SLATE QUARRIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: NEWYORK STATE GEOLOGIST 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 143

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 586, P 124, P1.22

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 140.141

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WBUCKE, 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. 441

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO QUARRIES AT THIS LOCATION. THE LATTITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE 43 DEGREES-28'-12" N AND 073 DEGREES-17'-20"W RESPECTIVELY FOR THE SECOND LOCATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/08/2021
MSHA mine ID3003615
Mine name (MSHA)Dekalb
Current operatorVermont Multicolor Slate Quarries
Current controller (parent)John (Roddy) Rice
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (455 m, 0.92 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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