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Tower 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. 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 10067398
MRDS ID W000144
Record type Site
Current site name Tower Fishkill Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.74372, 41.60221 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 0.75 MILE SW 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

  • POND ON TOPO SHEET STRIKES NORTHEAST AND IS PART OF POND OF NORTHERN SYLVAN LAKES LIMONITE PIT (HARTFORD 2 DEG. SHEET NO. 31). TOWER FISHKILL POND 1000 FEET LONG, 300 FEET WIDE, ABOUT 90 FEET DEEP. PROBABLY 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) -73.74372, 41.60221
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Major Overthrust Fault ; Reg.Trends: North-South
Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 27.43M
    Length 304.8M
    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 ENCOUNTERED ; MAJOR.UNITS: CARBONATE ; GEOL.DESC: DEEPLY WEATHERED FAULT ZONE ; REG.COM: DEEP MASS WEATHERING OF FRACTURE ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Prospector
Production years 1883 - 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.
    Home office Poughkeepsie, Ny

Comments on the production information

  • DRAINAGE DIFFICULT, MUCH ORE LUMPS, HAND-PICKED ORE PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT GIVEN; ESTIMATED 1,500,000 TONS OF ORE MINED; PROBABLY HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY LOW GRADE ORE POTENTIAL ALONG THE FAULT; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.
  • PROBABLY LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS, DRAINAGE A PROBLEM.
  • PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS. NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.628HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAINAGE A PROBLEM; ADJACENT TO AND PART OF SYLVAN LAKE MINE PIT.

Comments on development

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 52-53

  • Deposit

    1889 RECON NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GLACIAL COVER THICKENS TO NORTHEAST, FROM 0 TO 30 FEET
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1960, "POUGHQUAG", 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOL AS POND. LIMONITE ORE ON SURFACE AND OVERLAIN BY AS MUCH AS 30 FEET OF GLACIAL DRIFT; BEDROCK NOT ENCOUNTERED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATTER 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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