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St Lawrence Marble Co Quarry

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. 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 10082146
MRDS ID W044794
Record type Site
Current site name St Lawrence Marble Co Quarry
Alternate or previous names Extra Dark Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.47542, 44.3222 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position .8 MILES S 57 W OF BM 455 BY THE RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN GOUVERNEUR 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

Analytical data

Result 87.06% CACO3 (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) -75.47542, 44.3222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Sets Of Joints Trending N 30 W And N 65 E

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 30 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Lawrence Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 38.1M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 38.1M
    Overall width 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, W.N., 1904, ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, V. 56, PT 1, P 119

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 212

  • 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 420

Reporter information

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

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