Frisbie'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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090022
MRDS ID W044909
Record type Site
Current site name Frisbie's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.3898, 44.4133 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Relative position 2.88 MILES N 16 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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chazy
    Rock description Chazy
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.3898, 44.4133

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 1865

Land status

Ownership category Private

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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