Stark Knob Quarry

Occurrence in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093842
MRDS ID W033571
Record type Site
Current site name Stark Knob Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58843, 43.11915 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position .9 MILES N22E OF BM 295 NORTH OF SCHUYLERVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schuylerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Saratoga

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES NORTH OF SCHUYLERVILLE, NEW YORK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Austin Glen
    Rock description Austin Glen
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.58843, 43.11915

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 115-135, 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. 431, 436

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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