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Dakin Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Zinc
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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 10067326
MRDS ID W000036
Record type Site
Current site name Dakin Limonite Mine
Related records 10151107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.50843, 42.01193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ON TOPO AS POND 600 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 200 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, MORE THAN 50 FT. DEEP; ZN REPORTED IN SMELTER STACKS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.50843, 42.01193
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Limestone And Schist Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PIT NEAR CONTACT OF OVERTHRUST LOWER CAMBRIAN EVERETT SCHIST AND OVERLYING MIDDLE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1734 - ABOUT 1900

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN, ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT 75,000 TONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN; PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE AVAILABLE ON STRIKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1953, "COPAKE", 1:24,000, SHOWN AS POND. HOBBS, 1907, GENERALIZED TEXT ONLY, PG 153-181. ; 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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