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Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11

Past Producer in Columbia 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. 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 10067325
MRDS ID W000034
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11
Related records 10199969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59205, 42.01166 (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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ON TOPO SHEET SHOWN AS AREA 2,200 FT. LONG, 1000 FT. WIDE, WITH NUMEROUS PITS AS MUCH AS 600 FT. LONG, 200 FT. WIDE AND MORE THAN 30 FT. DEEP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59205, 42.01166
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

  • UNNAMED MINE, PRODUCTION ESTIMATED BETWEEN 50,000 TO 100,000 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNNAMED MINE, PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE STILL AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHOWN ONLY ON TOPO SHEET

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1953, "COPAKE", 1:24,000, SHOWN AS NUMEROUS PITS ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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