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Ackerman's Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Westchester county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067373
MRDS ID W000110
Record type Site
Current site name Ackerman's Limonite Mine
Related records 10296974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.80873, 41.09583 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Westchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMONITE DEPOSIT MINED OUT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.80873, 41.09583
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Limestone Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMONITE DEPOSIT OVER LIMESTONE BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1800'S

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL LIMONITE DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT. ORE WAS HIGH-GRADE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, ESTIMATED MINOR AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE ORE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 62

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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