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Beekman 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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067396
MRDS ID W000142
Record type Site
Current site name Beekman Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.71177, 41.61388 (WGS84)
Elevation 110
Relative position 1.3 MILE ENE OF SYLVAN LAKE

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

  • CIRCULAR POND ON TOPO SHEET; PIT 500 FEET LONG, 300 FEET WIDE, 70 TO 90 FEET DEEP; ORE MASSIVE, REQUIRES BLASTING; PROBABLY SOME MANGANESE AND ZINC PRESENT BUT NOT STUDIED OR TESTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Mass Weathering Of Bedrock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.71177, 41.61388
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Mapped Major Overthrust Fault ; Reg.Trends: North South
Type of structure Local
Structure description Probably Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike CIRCULAR
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 27.43M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Siderite-Rich Carbonate Layers Though None Reported

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK NOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH ; MAJOR.UNITS: CARBONATE ; GEOL.DESC: NEAR CONTACT WITH THE MID ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE SCHIST AND PHYLLITE FORMATION OF THE TRENTON GROUP. SLATE BEDROCK IN NORTHWEST WALL DIPS STEEPLY EAST SOUTHEAST; NEAR THRUST FAULT. ; REG.COM: NW WALL OF SLATE DIPS STEEPLY ESE, ORE BEDS IN PIT DIP SOUTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Prospector
Year of first production 1870
Production years 1870 - 1889

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tower And Bro., A. E.
    Home office Poughkeepsie, Ny
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tower, A.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT GIVEN BUT OPERATION CONTINUOUS FOR 19 YEARS; ESTIMATED 1 MILLION TONS OF ORE MINED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY MINOR LOW GRADE ORE RESERVES
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY MODERATE LOW GRADE ORE POTENTIAL
  • NO INFORMATION BUT PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • A. TOWER OWNED MANY IRON ORE PROSPECTS AND MINES IN AREA. ; ECON.COM: EARLY IRON PRODUCING DISTRICT, 1734 - 1900; LOCAL IRON ORE MARKET; GOOD MANGANESE IRON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG. 54

  • Deposit

    1889 RECON NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GLACIAL COVER 5 TO 20 FEET THICK. THE THICKNESS OF THE DEPOSIT RANGES FROM 70-90 FT.
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1960, "POUGHQUAG", 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOL AS POND. LIMONITE ORE COVERED BY GLACIAL DRIFT 5 TO 20 FEET THICK. ; 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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