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Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone 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. 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 10068257
MRDS ID W001209
Record type Site
Current site name Probably Borrow Pit of Limestone Or Unconsolidated Material

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.83984, 41.56221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopewell Junction(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 CIRCULAR AREA ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER, LESS THAN 20 FEET DEEP. MARBLE MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED, 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) -73.83984, 41.56221
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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 Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name East Fishkill

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS. SITE ADJACENT TO RAILROAD, HOUSES IN VICINITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1957, "HOPEWELL JUNCTION", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "HOPEWELL JUNCTION", 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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