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Hobby Pyritiferous Ore Opening

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067372
MRDS ID W000109
Record type Site
Current site name Hobby Pyritiferous Ore Opening
Related records 10127035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.63511, 41.45555 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Carmel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; VARIETY AND AMOUNT OF METALLICS UNKNOWN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.63511, 41.45555
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Unknown

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1882

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY; INFORMATION LACKING; ESTIMATED MINOR HIGH GRADE ORE AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; ESTIMATED SMALL AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE ORE AVAILABLE, NEED FIELD CHECK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, TEXT, PG 24

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

Reporter information

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

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