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Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068256
MRDS ID W001208
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.90123, 41.50193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wappingers Falls(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. TOPO SHOWS LEVELED RIDGE CREST ABOUT 500 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 400 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH; ONE SMALL PIT ABOUT 200 FEET LONG NE. TO SW. AND 50 FEET WIDE NW. TO SE. IS ADJACENT TO NORTH TO LEVELED AREA. 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.90123, 41.50193
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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 ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST TO PRE CAMBRIAN COMPLEX ROCK SUITES OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK HIGHLANDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; 1956

Mining district

District name Fishskill

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF CEMENT PRIOR TO 1956; MAY BE CONSIDERABLE SINCE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK PROBABLY WELL SUITED FOR CEMENT MANUFACTURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1956, "WAPPINGERS FALLS", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "WAPPINGER FALLS", 1956

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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