Barrett Deposit

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Feldspar
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081496
MRDS ID W033551
Record type Site
Current site name Barrett Deposit
Related records 10175358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.45647, 43.86303 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES N 46 W OF BM 254 IN TICONDEROGA NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ticonderoga(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.45647, 43.86303

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 40 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barrett Manufacturing Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. J. Wilson Edward Eaton , Crown Point
    First year 1921

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 90000HA
    Length 182.88M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 73

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP. AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 164-165

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PANG, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P 67-69 00

  • 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 424 00

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.