Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017

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. 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 10068260
MRDS ID W001212
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.92845, 41.62555 (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. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY ABOUT 200 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 100 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH, 10 TO 20 FEET HIGH TO NORTH AND WEST. 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) -73.92845, 41.62555

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 Poughkeepsie

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PIT SIZE INDICATES MODERATE QUANTITY OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE QUANTITIES OF ROCK REMAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1957, "POUGHKEEPSIE", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY TOPOGRAPHY AND 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

Beyond USGS

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