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Corinth Feldspar Co.

Occurrence in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  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 10081513
MRDS ID W033575
Record type Site
Current site name Corinth Feldspar Co.
Alternate or previous names American Feldspar Company Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.88788, 43.23776 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 3.0 MILES N20W OF BM 715 IN SOUTH CORINTH NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porter Corners(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.88788, 43.23776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 609.6M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 39.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The American Feldspar And Milling Co. Corinth Feldspar Co
    First year 1908
  • Type Owner
    Owner The American Feldspar And Milling Co.
    First year 1908

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.068HA
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on development

  • FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ ARE TOO INTIMATELY INTERGROWN FOR MINING OF HIGH % HIGH GRADE POTTERY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1909, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 132, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 74

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 168

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P. 48-5000

  • 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 393

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1907

Reporter information

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

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