Rylestone Quarry

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Mining district
  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 10082140
MRDS ID W044781
Record type Site
Current site name Rylestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.38376, 44.32054 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 2.28 MILES S 03 E OF THE MAIN INTERSECTION OF LITTLE BOW NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 88.94% COCOZ (NEWLAND, 1916)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.38376, 44.32054

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
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Sullivan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 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.