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Chamont Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in New York, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082086
MRDS ID W044681
Record type Site
Current site name Chamont Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.09934, 44.04998 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 2.96 MILES N 62 W OF BM 325 IN LIMERICK NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dexter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Vincent(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Black River
    Rock description Black River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.09934, 44.04998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.19HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.C., 1905, PORTLAND CEMENT RESOURCES OF NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 260, P. 525

  • 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

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 261

  • Deposit

    RIES, H., 1901, LIME AND CEMENT INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 44, P. 790

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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