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Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence

Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067436
MRDS ID W000186
Record type Site
Current site name Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence
Related records 10224257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.49898, 42.32748 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

State Line(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
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.49898, 42.32748
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Bogs In Uplands Of Hilly Terrain

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CROSS SECTION PG. 89, DALE, N. C., 1918; MASS LEACHING OF BERKSHIRE SCHIST OF HIGHER SLOPES AND PRECIPITATION OF MN IN BOGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1830

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE MN ORE. TRIAL PRODUCTION OF A FEW TONS SHOWED MEAGER PROFIT. STILL ORE PORTENTIAL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TWO ADJACENT BOGS - 1ST LENGTH 45 FEET, WIDTH 15 FEET, THICKNESS 1 FOOT 2ND LENGTH ABOUT 40 FEET, WIDTH ABOUT 15 FEET, THICKNESS 2 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, N. C., 1918, "POSTGLACIAL MN IN COLUMBIA CO., N.Y.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 207, PG. 88-90

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1838, "REPORT 1ST GEOL. DIST. N.Y.S.", NEW YORK GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 2, PG. 157

  • Production

    MATHER, W. W., 1838

  • Reserve-Resource

    DALE, N. C., 1918

Reporter information

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

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