Amenia Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247952
MAS/MILS ID 0360270063
Record type Site
Current site name Amenia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.56015, 41.85279 (WGS84)
Elevation 175

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amenia(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 Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.56015, 41.85279

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1760

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amenia Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1866-1880, 172480 TONS OF LIMONITE ORE WERE MINED. IN 1 12320 TONS WERE MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE US, IRON ORE MINES OF NY (GENERAL F

  • Deposit

    P 132.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.