Corinth Feldspar Co. Quarry

Occurrence in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Garnet
Sections on this page
  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 10081510
MRDS ID W033567
Record type Site
Current site name Corinth Feldspar Co. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Woodcock Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.87122, 43.2372 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Relative position 3 MILES N03W OF BM 715 IN SOUTH CORINTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corinth(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
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Secondary
Mica Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.87122, 43.2372

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Forester Woodcock Of Corinth

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.032HA
    Length 18.29M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PANG, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P. 48-5

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.