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West Athens Clay Pit

Producer in Greene 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067461
MRDS ID W000226
Record type Site
Current site name West Athens Clay Pit
Related records 10127047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.81872, 42.26582 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hudson North(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
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.81872, 42.26582
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Valley

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL THIN DEPOSITS OF CLAY ALONG AND IN HUDSON RIVER; ESTUARY BLUE CLAY DEPOSITS WEATHER TO RED AND YELLOW, USUALLY 20 TO 50 FEET THICK WHERE DEVELOPED, ELSE 4 TO 20 FEET THICK WHERE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1890'S

Mining district

District name Hudson Valley

Comments on the production information

  • CLAY BED ABOUT 39 FEET THICK; CLAY PLANT ACTIVE IN AREA 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "MAP ECONOMIC DEPOSITS OF N.Y.", 1:750,000; N.Y.S. MUSEUM, 23RD REPORT

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1891, "QUAT. GEOL. HUDSON R. VALLEY", N.Y.S. GEOL. REPORT (EXTRACT), PG. 54

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1891; GRAHAM, 1952

Reporter information

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

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