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Hillsdale Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067321
MRDS ID W000030
Record type Site
Current site name Hillsdale Limonite Mine
Related records 10248408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.52676, 42.1772 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsdale(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

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = HARTFORD 1:250000; LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR HILLSDALE IN THE 1:24000 HILLSDALE QUADRANGLE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MANGANESE AND ZINC IN IRON ORE BUT ASSAYS LACKING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.52676, 42.1772
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE PIT IN LIMESTONE BEDROCK OF BERKSHIRE SCHIST FORMATION AS INDICATED BY STATE GEOLOGIC MAP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1834 - 1887

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN; ESTIMATE PRODUCTION LESS THAN 25,000 TONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE STILL AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT SHOWN ON TOPO EGREMONT, 1:24,000. 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

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