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Le Zotte Quarry

Past Producer in Clinton 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106333
MRDS ID W044713
Record type Site
Current site name Le Zotte Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.44896, 44.63691 (WGS84)
Elevation 44
Relative position 4.28 MILES S 13 E OF BM 175 IN PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plattsburgh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Clinton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description System Of Joints Running S 10 E

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peter Lezotte
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burlington Manufacturing Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.589HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 170.69M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPENINGS WERE WORKED, THE NORTHERN ONE IS 480 X 190 FT AND THE SOUTHERN OPENING WAS 80 X 30 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISHER, D.W., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTSBURGH-ROUSES POINT, NEW YORK-VERMONT QUADRANGLES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE MAP AND CHART SERIES NO 10., P. 44, 45, MAP

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 105

Reporter information

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

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