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Williams Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in New York, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081488
MRDS ID W033538
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.25536, 43.38831 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 1.8 MILES S 15 E OF BM 384 NORTH OF GRANVILLE OFF ROUTE 22 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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.25536, 43.38831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 40 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1925

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Williams

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVIUS, J.N., 1901, ROOFING SLATE QUARRIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGIST 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, P.146

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914 SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 586, P. 124, P 1.22

  • 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. 441

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO SMALL QUARRIES AT THIS LOCATION, THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE 43 DEGREES -22'-47" N AND 073 DEGREES-15'-21" W FOR THE SECOND QUARRY ; 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

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