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Unnamed Clay Quarry

Producer in Albany county in New York, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110246
MRDS ID W000238
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Quarry
Related records 10151315

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.79177, 42.48026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Albany

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE N. COEYMANS CLAY PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Austin Glen Formation
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Valley

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL DEPOSITS OF CLAY ALONG HUDSON RIVER; ESTUARY BLUE CLAY DEPOSITS WEATHER TO RED AND YELLOW, USUALLY 20 TO 50 FEET THICK WHERE DEVELOPED, ELSE 4 TO 20 FEET THICK WHERE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ACTIVE 1952

Mining district

District name Hudson Valley

Comments on the production information

  • TWO CLAY PITS AND PLANT IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM, J. A., 1952, "MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF N.Y.S.", 1:750,000, N.Y.S. MUSEUM, N.Y.S. SCIENCE SERVICE

  • Production

    GRAHAM, 1952

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMS TOPO MAP, 1953, "RAVENA", 1:24,000 ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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