Fishkill 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297191
MAS/MILS ID 0360270066
Record type Site
Current site name Fishkill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.73205, 41.60329 (WGS84)
Elevation 102

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poughquag(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 Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.73205, 41.60329

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fishkill Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P 128.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITE ORE WAS MINED FROM A PIT 90 FT.DEEP. 18346 TONS WER IN 1880.

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.