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Weed 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. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067323
MRDS ID W000032
Record type Site
Current site name Weed Limonite Mine
Related records 10127136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53148, 42.07499 (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 Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ON TOPO SHEET POND 1000 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 75 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, MORE THAN 40 FT. DEEP; ALSO SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; ORE HORIZON DIPS 25 DEGREES EAST. TOTAL LENGTH MINED, 1600 FT., AVERAGE WIDTH, 70 FT.; TO DEPTH OF 120 FT. ZN REPORTED IN SMELTER STACKS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.53148, 42.07499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip E

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 LIMESTONE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE SCHIST; ORE BED DIPS EAST UNDER SCHIST; SCHIST DIPS 35 DEG. EAST; NEAR OVERTHRUST FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Production statistics

  • Year 1880
    Period 1780-1880
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^43 % Fe, 6.06 % Al203, 17.53 % Si02, 0.11 % P
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SIL Silica Silica 18wt-pct
    Al2O3 Ore Aluminum Aluminum 6wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 43wt-pct
    Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE AVAILABLE ON STRIKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, W.H., 1907, "IRON BEDS OF SALISBURY DISTRICT, CONN., N.Y., MASS.", ECON. GEOL. V.2, MAP, PG 163

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1919, "MINERALS OF NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 233, MAP, PG 138

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES IN NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, PG. 59, 60

  • Production

    HOBBS, 1907

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1953, "COPAKE", 1:24,000, SHOWN AS POND ; 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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