QUARRY MATERIALS OF NEW YORK Ijl 



FINE, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY 



Scott property 



There are several occurrences of pegmatite on the Fred Scott 

 farm, 4 miles north of OswegatJrie, in the town of Fine, St 

 Lawrence county. They are of interest for the associated min- 

 erals as well as for possible supply of quartz and feldspar. The 

 feldspars occur in pink, white and greenish colors, evidently in- 

 cluding both potash and lime-soda varieties. They are seldom found 

 in segregated masses or crystals, but are mostly intergrown with 

 quartz and some of the other minerals. Among the mineral species 

 represented are fluorite, hornblende, pyroxene, pyrite, chalcopyrite 

 and titanite, some being well crystallized. The association suggests 

 a granite contact with limestone, and in fact the latter rock is found 

 in scattered patches in the vicinity. 



BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER COUNTY 



Quarry of P. H. Kinkel & Sons 



The body of pegmatite situated in the hill southeast of Bedford 

 village has for a number of years furnished a very large part of 

 the feldspar and quartz production of the State. Besides the four 

 openings included in the Kinkel quarry, the Bedford Feldspar Co. 

 has recently developed a new quarry on the same body. The occur- 

 rence is notable not only for its size, but for its good examples of 

 crystallized and rare minerals and for the varied conditions pre- 

 sented by the mineral association in different parts of the exposure. 



The several openings in the Kinkel quarry lie along the eastern 

 and northern sides of the hill, the original pit being on the east 

 side near the present mill. At this point the pegmatite shows more 

 or less disintegration from surface weathering, so that operations 

 have not been as actively carried on here as in the other pits higher 

 up on the hill slope. These include two very large pits of which 

 the more southerly one is about 300 feet long, 150 feet wide and 

 has a face up to 50 feet high. The central one is not quite so long 

 and the more northerly one is about 100 feet long, 50 feet wide and 

 35 feet in greatest depth. Between the different pits and even in 

 parts of the same working a marked variation may be observed 

 in the arrangement and character of the pegmatite minerals. 

 Though feldspar is the main component throughout most of the 



