Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Rensselaer 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. 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067440
MRDS ID W000192
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53065, 42.87276 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rensselaer(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomhannock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Rensselaer

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILE EAST OF TOM HANNOCK LIMESTONE QUARRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.53065, 42.87276

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARRY SYMBOL LOCATED IN TRENTON GROUP; PROBABLY FOR TRENTON LIMESTONE WHICH IS GENERALLY DARK BLUE TO GRAY, USUALLY THIN BUT ALSO THICK BEDDED, SUB-CRYSTALLINE, HARD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • QUARRY SYMBOL ON TOPO MAP

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMS TOPO MAP, 1954, "TOM HANNOCK", 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

Beyond USGS

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