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Chestertown Occurrence

Past Producer in Warren county in New York, United States with commodities Mica, Quartz, Feldspar
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081434
MRDS ID W033470
Record type Site
Current site name Chestertown Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Wilson Brown Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.7801, 43.61498 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position 2.8 MILES S 20 E OF BM 827 IN CHESTERTOWN NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Glen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.7801, 43.61498
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1922

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Williams, C. A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 153

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 192, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTGRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 161, P. 27

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1914, GEOLOGY OF NORTH CREEK QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 170, P. 83

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916,: THE QUARRY MATERIALS, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 166 00

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P 69-71 00

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 421, 422

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOOKS OF MICA USUALLY RAN A FOOT OR SO IN DIAMETER AND SHOWED FRACTURES AND RULINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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