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Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Stone, Clay
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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. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068245
MRDS ID W001197
Record type Site
Current site name Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.91595, 41.73305 (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
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS EXCAVATED AREA ABOUT 600 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 200 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH, DEPTH LESS THAN 20 FEET. ANOTHER SIMILAR PIT IS INDICATED 3750 FEET DUE WEST; THIS PIT IS 400 FEET LONG NNE. TO SSW., 200 FEET WIDE, AND MORE THAN 30 FEET DEEP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.91595, 41.73305
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORMANSKILL FORMATION MOSTLY SHALE BEDS IN PLACES WITH CHERT AND GRAYWACKE LAYERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Poughkeepsie

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; MODERATE AMOUNTS OF BUILDING MATERIAL PRODUCED FROM EACH SITE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF SOFT ROCK REMAINS; SITES ON HUDSON RIVER STATE HOSPITAL GROUNDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1957, "POUGHKEEPSIE", AT 1:24000 LOCATES SITE BY SYMBOL

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "POUGHKEEPSIE", 1957.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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