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Cape Vincent Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106330
MRDS ID W044686
Record type Site
Current site name Cape Vincent Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.33323, 44.11831 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Relative position .53 MILES S 35 E OF BM 272 IN CAPE VINCENT NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cape Vincent South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Vincent(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Trenton
    Rock description Trenton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.33323, 44.11831
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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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.C., 1905, PORTLAND-CEMENT RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 260, P. 525

  • 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

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 261

  • Deposit

    RIES, H., 1901, LIME AND CEMENT INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 44, P 790.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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