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Rose Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081490
MRDS ID W033541
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Rock Quarry
Alternate or previous names Buck Mountain Quarry
Related records 10224249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.45286, 43.92025 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 3.25 MILES S39W OF BM 114 LOCATED NEAR PUTTS POINT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.45286, 43.92025
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Eaton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.394HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P. 58-60

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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