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Copake Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067322
MRDS ID W000031
Record type Site
Current site name Copake Limonite Mine
Related records 10175136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.50593, 42.1222 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(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)

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
Manganese Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ON TOPO SHEET SEVERAL PONDS EAST AND WEST OF RAILROAD TRACKS; LARGEST EAST, 600 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 250 FT. EAST-WEST, MORE THAN 20 FT. DEEP. LIMESTONE BEDS EXPOSED, DIP 25 DEG. TO EAST. PIT AT CONTACT OF SCHIST AND LIMESTONE; LIMONITE OVERLAIN BY GLACIAL MATERIAL 6 TO 20 FT. THICK; ZN REPORTED IN SMELTER STACKS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.50593, 42.1222
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate And Schist Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE PIT AT CONTACT OF CARBONATE BEDS AND MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE SCHIST FORMATION; NEAR OVERTHRUST FAULT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1734 - 1888

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT 50,000 TONS OF ORE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1953, "COPAKE", 1:24,000, SHOWN AS PONDS; PROPERTY OWNED BY FREDERICK MILES, CONNECTICUT, IN 1888 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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