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Southern Quarry

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Granite
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  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082235
MRDS ID W044933
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Quarry
Alternate or previous names Prospect Hill Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.46619, 44.4908 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position .88 MILES S 87 E OF BM 510 KEESEVILLE, NEW YORK, Within A 2000 Ft Radius, Within A 2000 Ft Radius, Within A 2000 Ft Radius, Within A 2000 Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Douglass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.46619, 44.4908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1890

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ausable Granite Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 387

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK, GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 98-99

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P 33-34

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-86 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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