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Old Fishkill Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess 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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067374
MRDS ID W000112
Record type Site
Current site name Old Fishkill Limonite Mine
Related records 10175369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.74817, 41.60332 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poughquag(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY SOME MANGANESE AND ZINC PRESENT BUT NOT STUDIED OR TESTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.74817, 41.60332
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering In Situ Of Siderite-Rich Limestone Layers Though None Reported

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PIT IN SMALL FAULT BLOCK NEAR CONTACT OF MAJOR THRUST FAULT NEAR CONTACT WITH MID OROVICIAN BERKSHIRE PHYLLITE AND SCHIST FORMATION OF TRENTON GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1849

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT GIVEN; ESTIMATED 60,000 TONS OF ORE REMOVED; PROBABLY ALL HIGH GRADE ORE REMOVED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 52

  • Deposit

    BECK, L.C., 1837, "MINERAL REPORT NEW YORK STATE," N.Y.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPTS 1837, PG 37,38

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO,1960, "POUGHQUAG," 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOL AS POND. PIT AND POND ON TOPO SHEET 400 FEET LONG, 300 FEET WIDE, ABOUT 40 FEET DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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