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St Lawrence State Hospital Quarry

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082142
MRDS ID W044785
Record type Site
Current site name St Lawrence State Hospital Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.71793, 44.41554 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 3.62 MILES N 70 E OF BM 289 IN OGDENSBURGH 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

Hammond(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
Dolomite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ogdensburg Dolostone
    Rock description Ogdensburg Dolostone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.71793, 44.41554
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Joints Trend N 80 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner St. Lawrence State Hospital Reservation
    First year 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.133HA
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on development

  • OVER 700,000 TONS OF ROCK WAS REMOVED FOR THE STATE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS. ONE HOLE WAS DRILLED AT THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE DEPOSIT TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERZOG, H.J., 1955, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE PALEOZOIC CARBONATE RESOURCES OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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