Overlook Quarry

Occurrence in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodity Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096643
MRDS ID W033574
Record type Site
Current site name Overlook Quarry
Alternate or previous names Quarry Near Linwood School, York Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.93622, 43.29498 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF BM 879 IN OVERLOOK 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

Conklingville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacandaga(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.93622, 43.29498

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NWSE
    Dip 30 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1922

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1923, GEOLOGY OF THE LUZERNE QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 245, 246, P. 63

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P. 44-47

  • 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. 393

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.