Limerick Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in New York, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082085
MRDS ID W044680
Record type Site
Current site name Limerick Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.00294, 44.03998 (WGS84)
Elevation 105
Relative position 2.2 MILES N 68.5 E OF BM 318 IN LIMERICK NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dexter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Vincent(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.00294, 44.03998

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHSEN, J.H., 1971, THE LIMESTONES OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE MAP AND CHART SERIES NUMBER 13, MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 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.