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Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016

Producer in Dutchess 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. 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. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068241
MRDS ID W001193
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.94317, 41.62888 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poughkeepsie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TWO TOPO'S SHOW QUARRY ABOUT 3800 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 1600 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WITH WORKING FACES 60 TO 120 FEET HIGH. MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED MARBLE, PARTLY CALCITIC AND PARTLY DOLOMITIC WITH MINOR LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.94317, 41.62888
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA OF UPWARD FAULTED METAMORPHOSED MARBLE STRUCTURAL BLOCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; 1904 TO 1952

Mining district

District name Poughkeepsie

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; VERY LARGE PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST; WEST SIDE OF SITE ADJACENT TO HUDSON RIVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 1158.24M
    Overall width 487.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "ECON. DEPOSITS MAP OF N. Y.", N. Y. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM, J. A., 1952, "MINERAL DEPOSITS MAP OF N. Y.", N. Y. S. SCIENCE SERVICE

  • Production

    GRAHAM, 1952.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1957, "POUGHKEEPSIE" AND 1956, "WAPPINGERS FALLS" AT 1:24000 SHOW QUARRY BY TOPOGRAPHY AND SYMBOL. MERRILL'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. GRAHAM'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES ACTIVE QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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