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St Lawrence Marble Co Quarries

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106339
MRDS ID W044780
Record type Site
Current site name St Lawrence Marble Co Quarries
Alternate or previous names Northern and Southern Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.48098, 44.3222 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position .8 MILES S 57 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.48098, 44.3222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 22 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Lawrence Marble Co.
    First year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.175HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF 90X50 FT, NEAR THESE QUARRIES A DRILL HOLE WAS PUT DOWN TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT.

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

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 188; 189

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 42-43

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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