| Deposit ID | 10081521 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033584 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Occurrence |
| Alternate or previous names | Granite In the Town of Wilton |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.77483, 43.1197 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 152 |
| Relative position | 2.9 MILES N 10 W OF BM 294 IN SARATOGA, NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Saratoga(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Saratoga Springs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Saratoga |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Granite | Primary |
| Garnet | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -73.77483, 43.1197 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Trending N05e Normal To Thrust Fault Trending N80w |
| General form | WEDGE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25E TO N60W |
| Dip | 80NW TO 80NE |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Depth to bottom | 24.38M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brady, A. N. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Henry Mcguirk (1900'S) |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.053HA |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall depth | 24.38M |
| Overall length | 30.48M |
| Overall width | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033584 |
NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK, GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 103, 104
NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 253
SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 12, 32
CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 149 00
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. 396, 399
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1984 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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