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Dover Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  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 10105438
MRDS ID W000122
Record type Site
Current site name Dover Limonite Mine
Related records 10127329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59316, 41.68471 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover Plains(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ON TOPO SHEET MINE AREA INCLUDES TWO LARGE PIT AREAS AND MANY SMALL ONES; NORTH PIT 1,300 FT LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 600 FT WIDE EAST-WEST, ABOUT 30 FT DEEP; SOUTH PIT NAMED SHARPAROON POND, 1,300 FT LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 800 FT WIDE EAST-WEST, MORE THAN 20 FEET DEEP. ZINC PROBABLY PRESENT BUT NOT TESTED FOR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59316, 41.68471
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Siderite Rich Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE PITS NEAR CONTACT OF THRUSTED LOW CAMBRIAN EVERETT SCHIST FORMATION WHICH IN PLACES IS REPORTED PYRITE RICH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1837 - 1888

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • FE 44.68%, MN 1.27%, S 0.34%, PO .11%, AL2O3 2.15%, H2O 10.64%, SIO2 11.77%; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, ESTIMATE PRODUCTION ABOUT 1 MILLION TONS OF ORE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, BUT PROBABLY VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL 7, MAP, TEXT PG 56

  • Deposit

    BECK, L.C., 1937, "MINERAL REPORT NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPTS 1937, PG 38.

  • Production

    BECK, 1937, SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1958, "DOVER PLAINS", 1:24,000, MAP SHOWS SURFICIAL WORKINGS. MEAGER INFORMATION IN SMOCK'S TEXT. ; 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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