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Plass Hill Carbonate Iron Mine

Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur
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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. Ore body information
  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 10110226
MRDS ID W000183
Record type Site
Current site name Plass Hill Carbonate Iron Mine
Related records 10272746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.83455, 42.20721 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hudson South(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
Iron Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Siderite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.83455, 42.20721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip 20-40 DEG. EAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siderite Rich Limestone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BAND 4 MILES LONG N-S, AVERAGE 10 TO 20 FEET THICK, SHOWS BEDDING; STRIKE NNW, DIPS 20 TO 40 DEG. E, FAULTED HORST BLOCK, ORE INTERBEDDED WITH DIVERSE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1875

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • LOW GRADE, SILICEOUS FE ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH 1000 FEET LONG NEAR CREST, IN PLACES 50 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES IN N.Y.S.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. NO. 7, TEXT AND SMALL MAP, PG. 13, 14, 63

  • Production

    SMOCK, J. C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BED 10 TO 16 FEET THICK; DIPS 25 TO 30 DEGREES ENE.

Reporter information

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

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