Mine detail: Unnamed Occurrence

Previously called 'Granite In the Town of Wilton'

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Location: Saratoga County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.1197, -73.77483
dep_id: 10081521
mrds_id: W033584
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Granite
Trace mineral: Garnet
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
gangue: Garnet
orebody_fm: WEDGE
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Two Series Of Joints Of Which Tranverse The Rock, And Series Of Division Planes Inclining 40s
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Fault Trending N05e Normal To Thrust Fault Trending N80w
Year first produced: 1882
yr_lst_prd: 1925
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK, GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 103, 104
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 253
  • Deposit:: SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 12, 32
  • Deposit:: CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 149 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. 396, 399
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