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Kingston Emery Mine

Past Producer in Westchester county in New York, United States with commodity Emery
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067360
MRDS ID W000094
Record type Site
Current site name Kingston Emery Mine
Related records 10199799

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.87289, 41.24416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ossining(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 Westchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emery Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Garnet Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sapphire Ore
Spinel Ore
Hypersthene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.87289, 41.24416
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITIZATION OF NORITE TO FORM GRAY EMERY, AND SPINEL; EMERY BECOMES BLACK TO GRAY WITH LESS MAGNETITE FURTHER AWAY FROM NORITE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1900 TO 1956

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES LACKING; THREE QUARRY SITES ON TOPO MAP

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; ESTIMATE SMALL BUT ADEQUATE RESERVES OF HIGH GRADE ORE, LARGE LOW GRADE RESOURCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRIEDMAN, G. M., 1956, "ORIGIN OF SPINEL - EMERY DEPOSITS," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 351, TEXT, MAPS, PG 16

  • Production

    FRIEDMAN, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO MAP,1967," OSSINING, N.Y.," 1:24,000, QUARRY SYMBOLS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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