Unnamed Quarry

Occurrence in Saratoga county in New York, United States with commodity Granite
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081522
MRDS ID W033585
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.88011, 43.38609 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 2 MILES S 2 E OF BM 604 IN STONY CREEK STATION NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saratoga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stony Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(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
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.88011, 43.38609

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1923, GEOLOGY OF LUZERNE QUADRANGLE; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 245, 246, P. 63, 64, MAP

  • 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. 396, 399

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.