Dakin Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10151107
MRDS ID W000036
MAS/MILS ID 0360270089
Record type Site
Current site name Dakin Limonite Mine
Related records 10067326

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.50844, 42.01189 (WGS84)
Elevation 247

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(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 Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.50844, 42.01189

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. W000036.

  • Deposit

    REF: WAR MINERALS REPORT-GENERAL FILE, MINING INDUSTRIES OF

  • Deposit

    U.S., IRON ORE MINES OF N.Y., PP. 134-135.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.