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Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries

Producer in Westchester county in New York, United States with commodity Stone
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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 10067786
MRDS ID W000621
Record type Site
Current site name Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.63261, 41.19749 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Kisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saugatuck(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Westchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER, 20 FEET DEEP. ADDITIONAL QUARRIES 400 FEET TO WEST, 400 FEET AND 800 FEET TO SW., 1600 FEET AND 2000 FEET TO WSW.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.63261, 41.19749
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary And Mafic Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANHATTAN GNEISS COMPOSED OF VARIETY OF ROCK TYPE LAYERS; GNEISSES, SCHISTS, MARBLES, AMPHIBOLITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN, ACTIVE 1959

Mining district

District name Bedford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. NUMEROUS QUARRIES PROBABLY PRODUCED LARGE AMOUNT TO CONSTRUCTION STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF GOOD CONSTRUCTION STONE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JANUZZI, R.E., 1959, "MINERALS OF WESTERN CONN.," MINERALOGICAL PRESS, SKETCH, TEXT, P. 77

  • Production

    JANUZZI, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1955, "MOUNT KISCO" AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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