Corrigan McKinney Quarry

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090001
MRDS ID W044779
Record type Site
Current site name Corrigan McKinney Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.47459, 44.33192 (WGS84)
Elevation 133
Relative position 2.6 MILES N 06 W OF BM 435 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

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MILES NORTH OF GOUVERNEUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.47459, 44.33192

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

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.219HA
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • THE QUARRY OPERATED ONLY 7 MONTHS A YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUEOKE, 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

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIAL OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 192

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.