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Sandy Hill Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in New York, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081454
MRDS ID W033494
Record type Site
Current site name Sandy Hill Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.56621, 43.30692 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 1.2 MILES N 83 E OF BM 246 N HUDSON FALLS, NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hudson Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Trenton And Black River Group
    Rock description Trenton And Black River Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.56621, 43.30692
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike S 65 W
    Dip 5 S
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.C., 1905, PORTLAND CEMENT RESOURCES OF NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 260, P. 524

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P 99-100

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE STATE WITH SELECTED REFERRENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 413, 418

Reporter information

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

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