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Unnamed Limonite Prospects Dep. No. 35

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 10067376
MRDS ID W000114
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limonite Prospects Dep. No. 35
Related records 10126971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.72733, 41.58055 (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 PITS; NUMEROUS SMALL PITS IN AREA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.72733, 41.58055
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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, PROBABLY PROSPECT PITS ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE PRESENT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO,1960, "POUGHQUAG," 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOLS AS DEPRESSIONS ; 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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