Mitchell Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10067320
MRDS ID	W000029
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mitchell Limonite Mine
Related records	10183794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-73.49065, 42.2097 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Egremont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	New York	Columbia

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

ON TOPO PIT IS 1200 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 200 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, LESS THAN 20 FT. DEEP. PROBABLY ORE ALSO HAS MANGANESE AND ZINC BUT NOT TESTED FOR.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Limonite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-73.49065, 42.2097	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Production years	1800-1877

Mining district

District name	Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

NO FIGURES GIVEN, ESTIMATE ABOUT 50,000 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

NO FIGURES GIVEN; PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE REMAIN

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W000029

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES IN NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, PG. 61
Deposit

HOBBS, W.H., 1907, "IRON ORES OF SALISBURY DISTRICT, CONN., N.Y., MASS., "ECON. GEOL., V. 2, MAP.
Production

SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	USGS TOPO, 1958, "EGREMONT", 1:24,000, SHOWN AS DEPRESSION. HOBBS, 1907, PG. 153-181, GENERALIZED TEXT ONLY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1972	D'Agostino, John P.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.