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Lux 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090006
MRDS ID W044793
Record type Site
Current site name Lux Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.47098, 44.38331 (WGS84)
Elevation 139
Relative position .86 MILES N 52 E OF BM 421 SOUTH OF PEABODY BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF GOUVERNEUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richville(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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.47098, 44.38331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike NE
    Dip 35 NW
    Length 670.56M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. A. Lux Of The White Crystal Marble Co
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Sullivan
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE HOLES WERE DRIVEN

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 420

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1953, THE WHITE CRYSTAL DOLOMITE DEPOSIT NEAR GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE SCIENCE SERVICE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO. 9, PP

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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