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Gouverneur Marble Co. 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106340
MRDS ID W044788
Record type Site
Current site name Gouverneur Marble Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.47848, 44.32276 (WGS84)
Elevation 139
Relative position .65 MILES S 53 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

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF GOUVERNEUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Analytical data

Result 87.47% CACO3 (NEWLAND, 1916)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.47848, 44.32276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Set Of Joints Trending N 40 W And N 50 E

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
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1876
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gouverneur Marble Co
    First year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 114.3M
    Overall width 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TEST HOLE DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 95 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

    LOGAN, W.N., 1904, ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY; NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, VOL. 56, PT. 1, P 119

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK-GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P 212

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

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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