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Mt Riga Cheever Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, 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. 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 10067389
MRDS ID W000132
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Riga Cheever Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.50871, 41.98999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerton(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 New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS POND 600 FT. LONG NW-SE, 300 FT. WIDE NE-SW, WITH PIT 100 TO 150 FT. DEEP; MINOR UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; NO BEDROCK IN MINE PIT BUT OUTCROPS OF LIMESTONE TO WEST, EASTWARD DIPPING MICA SLATE TO EAST. 90 FOOT DEEP SHAFT REPORTED TO EAST OF PIT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.50871, 41.98999
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate And Schist Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE AT CONTACT OF MID ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE PHYLLITE AND SCHIST AND STOCKBRIDGE CARBONATE BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • FE 44.69%, MN 0.55%, S 0.40%, P 0.44%, AL2O3 1.21%, SIO2 21.89%, H2O 11.6%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 58

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, W.H., 1907, "URON ORES OF SALISBURY DISTRICT, CONN., N.Y., MASS.," ECON. GEOL. V.2, MAP, SKETCH, TEXT, PG 162, 163

  • Production

    HOBBS, 1907

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1955, "MILLERTON", 1:24,000, SHOWS MINE PIT AS POND. MINE OWNED BY MT. RIGA IRON AND MINING COMPANY, N. Y. CITY. ; 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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