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Camp Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067328
MRDS ID W000038
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Limonite Mine
Related records 10143037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.43176, 42.03777 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bash Bish Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS POND 400 FT. LONG SE-NW, 50 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, ABOUT 20 FT. DEEP. MINED FOR IRON, MINED LATER FOR MN; ORE BODY DIPS 30 DEGREES TO EAST; PIT IN FAULT ZONE WITHIN DOLOMITE BEDS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.43176, 42.03777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30 DEG. EAST
    Length 121.92M
    Width 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Dolomite Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR OVERTHRUST FAULT (?) ZONE WITH LOWER CAMBRIAN EVERETT SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1850 - 1870

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN; ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT 15,000 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN; PROBABLY MODERATE QUANTITIES OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE STILL PRESENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1958, "BASHBISH FALLS", 1:24,000, SHOWN AS POND. HOBBS SHOWS CROSS SECTION OF CAMP MINE ; 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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