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Cementon - Alsen Limestone Quarries

Producer in Greene 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110238
MRDS ID W000218
Record type Site
Current site name Cementon - Alsen Limestone Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.929, 42.15471 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cementon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.929, 42.15471
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GENERALLY GRAY, COARSE CRYSTALLINE, HARD, MASSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1950'S

Mining district

District name Hudson Valley

Comments on the production information

  • NUMEROUS QUARRIES ON NORTH-SOUTH TREND EXTEND FOR 3 1/2 MILES WEST OF CEMENTON AND ALSEN; THREE CEMENT PLANTS IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM, J. A., 1952, "MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF N.Y.S.", 1:750,000; N.Y.S. SCIENCE SERVICE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMS TOPO MAP, 1963, "CEMENTON", 1:24,000 ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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