Commodities
PrimaryWollastonite, Garnet
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR TO LENSE
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureFolialtion Trend N 40-50 W At The Eastern End Then Becomes E W To W
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1939
Last production1982
Discovery year1810
Identification
Deposit ID10106350
MRDS IDW044901
Alternate namesKnoll Quarry
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.34941, -73.43285
References
BROUGHTON, J.G., AND BURNHAM, K.D., 1944, OCCURRENCE AND USES OF WOLLASTONITE FROM WILLSBORO, NEW YORK: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 1737, PP8.BURNHAM, K.D., BUTTERFIELD, H.M., AND HALL, A.L., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE WILLSBORO; N. Y. WOLLASTONITE DEPOSITS: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL TRANACTIONS, PP.8LADOO, R.B., 1954, WOLLASTONITE AND DIOPSIDE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS, PO'HARA, P., THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND ORIGIN OF THE WILLSBORO WOLLASTONITE DEPOSIT, NEW YORK: MASTER'S 1976, QUEENS COLLEGE (C.U.N.Y.)POWER, T., 1986, WOLLASTONITE-PERFORMANCE FILLER POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19, 20PUTNAM, G.W., THE GEOLOGY OF SOME WOLLASTONITE DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN ADIRONDACKS, NEW YORK: MASTER'S, 1958, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYLUEDKE, 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. 443