Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10067390
MRDS ID	W000134
Record type	Site
Current site name	Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-73.52455, 41.8811 (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

ON TOPO SHEET POND IS 700 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 750 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, WITH PIT 160 FEET DEEP. COVERED BY GLACIAL MATERIAL IN PLACES 10 TO 14 FEET THICK; ALSO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. TWO ORE BODIES SEPARATED BY BLUE CLAY. ORE UNDERLAIN BY GRAY-BLUE LIMESTONE WHICH OUTCROPS IN NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PIT WALLS; LIMESTONE DIPS 40 TO 50 DEGREES TO SOUTHEAST (SMOCK, 1889). BEDROCK DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE EXPOSED IN SOUTH WALL OF PIT (HOBBS, 1907).

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Limonite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-73.52455, 41.8811	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: MINE PIT NOT NEAR ANY OTHER FORMATION ALSO NO FAULTS DESCRIBED IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Production years	1780 TO 1902

Mining district

District name	Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

FE 50.68%, MN2O3 0.64%, SIO2 13.20%, S 0.34%, P TRACE, CAO 0.91%, AL2O3 6.51%, H2O 4.20%; PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE, ESTIMATE PRODUCTION ABOUT 1 MILLION TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE, PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE PRESENT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W000134

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 57, 58
Deposit

HOBBS, W.H., 1907, "IRON ORES OF SALISBURY DISTRICT, CONN., N.Y., MASS.", ECON. GEOL. V.2, MAP, SKETCH, TEXT, PG 165, 166.
Production

HOBBS, 1907, SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	USGS TOPO, 1955, "MILLERTON", 1:24,000, SHOWS MINE PIT AS POND. AS OF 1880, LARGEST IRON ORE PRODUCER IN AREA; OWNED BY SHARON BESSEMER ORE AND IRON COMPANY; BESSEMER GRADE ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.