Commodities
PrimaryGranite
TertiaryGarnet
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMetamorphic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formWEDGE
Ore controlTwo Series Of Joints Of Which Tranverse The Rock, And Series Of Division Planes Inclining 40s
Materials
Ore mineralsGranite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
StructureFault Trending N05e Normal To Thrust Fault Trending N80w
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Last production1925
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10081521
MRDS IDW033584
Alternate namesGranite In the Town of Wilton
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.1197, -73.77483
References
NEWLAND, D.H., 1916, THE QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK, GRANITE, GNEISS, TRAP AND MARBLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 181, P. 103, 104NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 253SMOCK, J.C., 1888, BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 3, P. 12, 32CUSHING, H.P., AND RUEDMANN, RUDOLF, 1914, GEOLOGY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND VICINITY: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 169, P. 149 00LUEDKE, 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