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Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep. No. 29

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10105435
MRDS ID W000111
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep. No. 29
Related records 10248516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.65066, 41.55443 (WGS84)

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)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(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

  • NO TEXT, INDICATED ON MAP BY SMOCK, 1889. TOPO SHEET SHOWS PIT 300 FEET WIDE EAST-WEST, 400 FEET LONG SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST, LESS THAN 20 FEET DEEP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.65066, 41.55443
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering In Situ Of Pyrite Rich Schist Layers Though None Reported

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE WITHIN EVERETT SCHIST; CONTACT WITH POUGHQUAG FORMATION MAJOR THRUST FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1880

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, PROBABLY ONLY MINOR LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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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