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Quackenkill Sandstone Quarry

Producer in Rensselaer 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. Materials information
  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 10110251
MRDS ID W000252
Record type Site
Current site name Quackenkill Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.52676, 42.76915 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rensselaer(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomhannock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(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 Rensselaer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Nassau Formation
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Graywacke Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1956

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • TWO QUARRY SITES, PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E. M., 1959, "MAP OF N.Y.S. SHOWING MINERAL OCCURRENCES", 1:500,000, USGS BULL. 1072-F

  • Production

    LUEDKE, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMS TOPO MAP, 1954, "TOM HANNOCK", 1:24,000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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