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Whitney Marble Quarry

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082147
MRDS ID W044796
Record type Site
Current site name Whitney Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.49209, 44.30304 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Relative position 2.05 MILES S 34 W OF BM 455 BY THE RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN GOUVERNEUR NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.49209, 44.30304
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 20 N
    Plunge 30 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whitney Marble Co.
    First year 1888

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 19.81M
    Overall depth 8.53M
    Overall length 19.81M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ANOTHER SMALL OPENING A FEW YARDS NORTH OF THE FORMER WORKINGS WHERE MORE STONE WAS OBTAINED. THE OLD QUARRY ON THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT 150 YDS. NORTH-EAST AND HAS THE DIMENSIONS 80 FT X 30 FT X 50 FT IN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1913, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 166, P 87

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER STONE IN THE QUARRY IS A LIGHT COLORED MARBLE AND A DARKER COLORED MARBLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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