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Indian Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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 10067388
MRDS ID W000131
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Limonite Mine
Related records 10191694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.49454, 41.92193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET AS PIT 200 FEET LONG N-W, 100 FEET WIDE NE-SW, ABOUT 25 FEET DEEP; PROBABLY ZINC IN ORE BUT NOT TESTED FOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE 48.41%, MN 1.00%, 5 0.0%, P 0.23%, AL203 3.699.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.49454, 41.92193
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mass Weathering Iron Rich Carbonate And Schist Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINES USUALLY LOCATED IN FAULT BRECCIATION ZONE IN SIDERITE RICH ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years IN 1800'S

Mining district

District name Northwestern Connecticut

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT 30,000 TONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY MODERATE QUANTITIES OF LOW GRADE ORE AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1969, "SHARON", 1:24,000 SYMBOL SHOWS PIT. HOBBS DOES NOT DISCUSS MINE ONLY DISTRICT. ; 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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