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Gardiner's 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082231
MRDS ID W044925
Record type Site
Current site name Gardiner's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.35452, 44.30469 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Relative position 3.56 MILES N 40 E OF BM 268 IN WHALLONSBURG, 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

Charlotte(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) -73.35452, 44.30469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 25-60 E
    Dip 10-14 NNW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPENINGS: THE LOWER IS 75 TO 90 FT ABOVE THE LAKE AND THE UPPER 1590-100FT ABOVE THE LAKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., AND WHITCOMB, L., 1941, GEOLOGY OF THE WILLSBORO QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 325, P 124, MAP

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.F., 1894, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON GEOLOGY OF ESSEX CO., NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, VOL 47, P. 6

  • 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

    WHITE, T.G., 1894, THE GEOLOGY OF ESSEX AND WILLSBORO TOWNSHIPS, ESSEX CO., N.Y.: TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, VOL. 13, P 223, 224

Reporter information

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

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