Grippee Quarry

Producer in Albany county in New York, United States with commodity Flagstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247800
MAS/MILS ID 0360010030
Record type Site
Current site name Grippee Quarry
Alternate or previous names Grippie Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -74.09176, 42.59058 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westerlo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amsterdam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Binghamton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Schoharie(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Albany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -74.09176, 42.59058

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Heldeberg Bluestone And Marble, Inc.
    ID 3002330
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/24/79

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 7-1-80

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/07/1999
MSHA mine ID3002330
Mine name (MSHA)GRIPPEE QUARRY #1 NORTH
Current operatorHeldeberg Bluestone & Marble Inc
Current controller (parent)Eleanor A Giebitz
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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