Mine detail: Penrhyn Slate Co Quarries

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Location: Washington County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.43942, -73.28703
dep_id: 10081480
mrds_id: W033526
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Slate, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Slate
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_unit: Hatch Hill
hrock_type: Slate
Year first produced: 1852
yr_lst_prd: 1975
References:
  • Deposit:: NEVIUS, J.N., 1901, ROOFING SLATE QUARRIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGIST 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, P 145, 145
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 586, P. 124, PL. 22.
  • Deposit:: SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSUEM BULLETIN 3, P. 138-139
  • 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 441
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