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Northern Quarry

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090032
MRDS ID W044934
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Quarry
Alternate or previous names Prospect Hill Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.46285, 44.4133 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 1.4 MILES N 73 E OF BM 510 IN KEESEVILLE NEW YORK

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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.46285, 44.4133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints Trend 55 Degrees S And 10 E

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.
    First year 1888

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPENINGS ABOUT 100 YARDS APART

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE 1937 TO 1948: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P 104

  • 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, FIG 9

Reporter information

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

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