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S. W. Clark & Co. Quarry

Past Producer in Essex 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082224
MRDS ID W044910
Record type Site
Current site name S. W. Clark & Co. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Ligonier Point Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.36424, 44.41553 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position 3.58 MILES N 35 E OF BM 231 IN WILLSBORO NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.36424, 44.41553
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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
Year of first production 1854
Year of last production 1869

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. W. Clark And Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., AND WHITCOMB, L., 1941, GEOLOGY OF THE WILLSBORO QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 325, P MAP

  • 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., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 203-204

  • Deposit

    RIES, H., 1901, LIME AND CEMENT INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 44, P 782, 783, PLATE 38

Reporter information

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

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