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Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep. No.34

Past Producer in Dutchess 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067375
MRDS ID W000113
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limonite Mine Dep. No.34
Related records 10126791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.68483, 41.6111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poughquag(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO TEXT REFERENCE; SEEN ON TOPO SHEET AS POND AND DEPRESSION, 600 FEET LONG EAST-WEST, 250 FEET WIDE NORTH-SOUTH, ESTIMATED 15 TO MORE THAN 20 FEET DEEP; OTHER PITS NEARBY. PROBABLY SOME MANGANESE AND ZINC PRESENT BUT NOT STUDIED OR TESTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.68483, 41.6111
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Siderite-Rich Limestone Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMONITE MINES IN THIS AREA UNDERLAIN BY STOCKBRIDGE CARBONATE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, SEEN ONLY ON TOPO SHEET; ESTIMATED 50,000 TONS OF ORE REMOVED; PROBABLY HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE; PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO,1960, "POUGHQUAG," 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOL AS POND AND DEPRESSION ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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