Lake Champlain Bluestone 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082225
MRDS ID W044911
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Champlain Bluestone Co Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.37952, 44.44303 (WGS84)
Elevation 44
Relative position 5.0 MILES N 15 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

Port Douglass(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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Canajoharie
    Rock description Canajoharie
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.37952, 44.44303

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Joints Trending N 10 E

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 6-8 N
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1865

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lake Champlain Bluestone Co.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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