Mine detail: Chestertown Occurrence

Previously called 'Wilson Brown Quarry'

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Location: Warren County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.61498, -73.7801
dep_id: 10081434
mrds_id: W033470
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Feldspar, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Biotite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1897
yr_lst_prd: 1922
References:
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 153
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 192, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTGRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 161, P. 27
  • Deposit:: MILLER, W.J., 1914, GEOLOGY OF NORTH CREEK QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 170, P. 83
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1916,: THE QUARRY MATERIALS, GNEISS, TRAP, AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 166 00
  • Deposit:: TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P 69-71 00
  • 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. 421, 422
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