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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067399
MRDS ID W000145
Record type Site
Current site name Pauling Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.63372, 41.57082 (WGS84)
Elevation 205
Relative position 1.1 MILE EAST OF WHALEY 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)

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 Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE OPEN PIT 1870 - 1884, UNDERGROUND 1884 - 1888; TWO SHAFTS, ONE EACH SIDE OF ROAD; MINE OPERATION EXTENDED 1200 FEET NORTHEAST OF ROAD, TO DEPTH AS MUCH AS 130 FEET. PITS SHOW AS LARGE PONDS ON TOPO SHEET, POND 700 FT. LONG BY 200 FEET WIDE ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD, POND 1000 FEET LONG BY 300 FEET WIDE ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Mass Weathering Of Fault Zone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Stockbridge Formation, Carbonate;Everett Schist
    Rock description Stockbridge Formation, Carbonate;Everett Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.63372, 41.57082
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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 Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 106.68M
    Length 731.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 39.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering In Situ Of Siderite-Rich Limestone Layers And Pyrite-Rich Schist Layers Although Neither Reported

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIDERITE NOT REPORTED ; MAJOR.UNITS: CARBONATE ; GEOL.DESC: MINE BOUNDED ON WEST BY MICA-SCHIST AND ON EAST BY LIMESTONE; PROBABLY ENTIRELY WITHIN MAJOR FAULT AS CONTACT MAJOR OVERTHRUST FAULT ZONE ; REG.COM: WEST WALL SCHIST, EAST WALL LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1825
Discoverer Prospector
Year of first production 1870
Production years 1870 - 1888

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Millerton Iron Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, THOUGH MINE LIFE AND SIZE CONSIDERABLE, ESTIMATED PRODUCTION MORE THAN 1,000,000 TONS OF ORE. FE 46.45%, SIO2 14.10%, P 0.37%, S 0.007%, MN 1.816%, AL2O3 3.506%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE; PROBABLY MODERATE LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS, HIGH GRADE ORE PROBABLY MINED OUT
  • NO INDICATION OF RESERVES; NO INDICATION WHY MINE CLOSED; PROBABLY HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT, PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS
  • PROBABLY MODERATE LOW GRADE ORE POTENTIAL ALONG THE FAULT ZONE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 5.257HA
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 39.62M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NORTH OF ROAD; LARGE WATER-FILLED PITS EACH SIDE OF ROAD

Comments on development

  • 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 55

  • Deposit

    1889 RECON NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1800'S
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1960, "POUGHQUAG", 1:24,000 ; 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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