Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-011

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068248
MRDS ID W001200
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.93539, 41.69805 (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. WORKING FACE TO EAST APPEARS ABOUT 50 FEET HIGH, LOCATED AT WEST END OF EASTMAN PARK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.93539, 41.69805

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1904; DURATION UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Poughkeepsie

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF EASILY ACCESSIBLE LIMESTONE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1904.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERRILL'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES 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

Beyond USGS

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