Dutchess County Kyn Deposits

Occurrence in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodity Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069799
MRDS ID W007488
Record type Site
Current site name Dutchess County Kyn Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58288, 41.58332 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pawling(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

Comments on the location information

  • COVERED BY 7 1/2 FT. SHEETS, 1953 - 54; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WILMINGTON 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Sillimanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hudson River Slates, Schist, Gneiss
    Rock description Hudson River Slates, Schist, Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.58288, 41.58332

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • HUDSON RIVER SLATES OCCUR IN ZONES OF PROGRESSIVE METAMORPHISM. SILLIMANITE. BEARING GNEISSES ARE IN HIGHEST - GRADE ZONE AND KYANITE SCHISTS IN NEXT ZONE WEST.
  • KYANITE OCCURS IN WELL - DEFINED BELT ABOUT 10 MILES LONG IN WISSAHICKON SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENT
  • NO DEVELOPMENT. KYANITE AND SILLIMANITE ISOGRADS DRAWN BY MC KINSTRY.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY ARE WELL DESCRIBED BY BARTH AND BALK, BUT NO DATA ON AMOUNT OF KYANITE AND SILLIMANITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit KYANITE AND SILLIMANITE ALSO OCCUR IN PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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