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Morgan Lumber & Lime Company Quarry

Past Producer in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081509
MRDS ID W033566
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Lumber & Lime Company Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.61343, 43.3047 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 1.5 MILES N82E OF BM 345 IN SOUTH GLENS FALLS NEW YOORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(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 Saratoga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.61343, 43.3047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Set Of Vertical Joints Trending South-South-West

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 5 S
    Length 17.07M
    Depth to top 17.07M
    Depth to bottom 17.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Morgan Lumber And Lime Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHUTE, N.E., 1950, CEMENT: TOP MINERAL PRODUCT: NEW YORK STATE DEPT. LABOR INDUSTRY BULLETIN, V. 29, NO 2, P. 20-23

  • Deposit

    RIES, HEINRICH, 1901, LIME AND CEMENT INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 44, V. 8, P. 816

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 101

  • 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. 413, 417

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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