Unnamed Occurrence

Past Producer in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodities Granite, Garnet
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -73.77483, 43.1197 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 2.9 MILES N 10 W OF BM 294 IN SARATOGA, 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Comments on the location information

  • IT OUTCROPS ON THE EASTERLY-FACING RIDGE WHICH MARKS THE FIRST ELEVATIONS OF PRECAMBRIAN HIGHLANDS OF THE ADIRONDACKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.77483, 43.1197

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Trending N05e Normal To Thrust Fault Trending N80w

Ore body information

  • 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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Series Of Joints Of Which Tranverse The Rock, And Series Of Division Planes Inclining 40s

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brady, A. N.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Mcguirk (1900'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK, GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 103, 104

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 253

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 12, 32

  • Deposit

    CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 149 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. 396, 399

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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