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Clay Pit No. Hl-009

Past Producer in Rockland county in New York, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068746
MRDS ID W001987
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pit No. Hl-009
Related records 10273005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.97178, 41.2136 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockland(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haverstraw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Rockland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS NUMEROUS PONDS; SOME MORE THAN 1000 FEET LONG, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE; BLUE CLAY MORE THAN 45 FEET THICK; MINING HINDERED BY WATER INFLOW.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.97178, 41.2136
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Estuarine And Riverine Clays Along Drowned Hudson River

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLAY DEPOSITION IN POST PLEISTOCENE DROWN RIVER VALLEY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1900

Mining district

District name Grassy Point, Stony Point

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES LACKING BUT SIZE OF PONDS INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION OF CLAY FOR BRICKS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF CLAY SUITABLE FOR BRICK AVAILABLE BENEATH PONDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "ECON. DEPOSITS MAP OF NEW YORK STATE", N. Y. S. MUSEUM.

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1891, "BRICK CLAYS OF HUDSON RIVER VALLEY", N. Y. S. MUSEUM PG. 43, 44, 51, 52.

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1891

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERRILL'S MAP AT ABOUT 1:750000 SHOWS CLAY DEPOSITS BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1967, "HAVERSTRAW" AT 1:24000 SHOWS CLAY PITS AS PONDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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