| Deposit ID | 10081485 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033534 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | De Kalb Quarries |
| Alternate or previous names | Hugh William Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.28564, 43.46997 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 128 |
| Relative position | 2.54 MILES N 10 W OF BM 401 NEAR MIDDLE GRANVILLE NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Granville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Slate, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Slate | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate | ||||
| Rock unit name | Poultney | ||||
| Rock description | Poultney | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -73.28564, 43.46997 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 5 W |
| Dip | 40 E 5S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1884 |
| Year of last production | 1895 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hugh Williams |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs. M. E. Dekalb |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.035HA |
| Length | 24.38M |
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Overall length | 24.38M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033534 |
NEVIUS, J.N., 1901, ROOFING SLATE QUARRIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: NEWYORK STATE GEOLOGIST 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 143
DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 586, P 124, P1.22
SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 140.141
LUEDKE, E.M., WBUCKE, 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. 441
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE ARE TWO QUARRIES AT THIS LOCATION. THE LATTITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE 43 DEGREES-28'-12" N AND 073 DEGREES-17'-20"W RESPECTIVELY FOR THE SECOND LOCATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1984 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 02/08/2021 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3003615 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Dekalb |
| Current operator | Vermont Multicolor Slate Quarries |
| Current controller (parent) | John (Roddy) Rice |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (455 m, 0.92 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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