Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate Openings

Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067432
MRDS ID W000180
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate Openings
Related records 10150880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.83344, 42.17805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hudson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Siderite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.83344, 42.17805

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40 DEG.ENE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siderite Rich Limestone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BAND 4 MILES LONG N-S., AVERAGES 10 TO 20 FEET THICK, SHOWS BEDDING, STRIKES NNW, DIPS 20 TO 40 DEG. E., FAULTED HORST BLOCK, ORE INTERBEDDED WITH DIVERSE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1885, 1888

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE FE ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY MODERATE QUANTITIES OF LOW-GRADE IRON ORE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • DEEPEST TRENCH 25 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES IN N.Y.S.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. NO. 7, TEXT AND SMALL MAP, PG. 63

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BED 8 TO 30 FEET THICK; DIPS 40 DEGREES ENE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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