Fox Hill Quarry

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Wollastonite, Garnet
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106350
MRDS ID W044901
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Hill Quarry
Alternate or previous names Knoll Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.43285, 44.34941 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 2.06 MILES S 38 W 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

Willsboro(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
Wollastonite Primary
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wollastonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.43285, 44.34941

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folialtion Trend N 40-50 W At The Eastern End Then Becomes E W To W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENSE
    Strike N 50-90 W
    Dip 20-40 N
    Thickness 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1810
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1982

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nyco

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, J.G., AND BURNHAM, K.D., 1944, OCCURRENCE AND USES OF WOLLASTONITE FROM WILLSBORO, NEW YORK: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 1737, PP8.

  • Deposit

    BURNHAM, K.D., BUTTERFIELD, H.M., AND HALL, A.L., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE WILLSBORO; N. Y. WOLLASTONITE DEPOSITS: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL TRANACTIONS, PP.8

  • Deposit

    LADOO, R.B., 1954, WOLLASTONITE AND DIOPSIDE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS, P

  • Deposit

    O'HARA, P., THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND ORIGIN OF THE WILLSBORO WOLLASTONITE DEPOSIT, NEW YORK: MASTER'S 1976, QUEENS COLLEGE (C.U.N.Y.)

  • Deposit

    POWER, T., 1986, WOLLASTONITE-PERFORMANCE FILLER POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19, 20

  • Deposit

    PUTNAM, G.W., THE GEOLOGY OF SOME WOLLASTONITE DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN ADIRONDACKS, NEW YORK: MASTER'S, 1958, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

  • 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. 443

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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