Mase's Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105437
MRDS ID W000118
Record type Site
Current site name Mase's Limonite Mine
Related records 10224219

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.88762, 41.52749 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wappingers Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(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

  • TOPO SHEET SHOWS PIT WITH POND 700 FEET LONG NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST DIRECTION, 400 FEET WIDE SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST DIRECTION, AND ABOUT 35 FEET DEEP PROBABLY SOME MANGANESE ANDZINC PRESENT BUT NOT STUDIED OR TESTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.88762, 41.52749

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Siderite-Rich Carbonate Layers Though None Reported

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE SITED ON MAJOR FAULT ZONE IN STOCKBRIDGE FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1885

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES LACKING; ESTIMATED 200,000 TONS OF ORE REMOVED; PROBABLY ALL HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW-GRADE ORE STILL PRESENT; FIGURES LACKING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 18.., "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP AND TEXT, PG 52

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO,1956, "WAPPINGERS FALLS," 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOLS SHOW POND AND PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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