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Horton Limonite Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067377
MRDS ID W000116
Record type Site
Current site name Horton Limonite Mine
Related records 10127094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.75317, 41.62443 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopewell Junction(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

  • TOPO SHEET SHOWS PIT 1,000 FEET LONG NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST DIRECTION, 500 FEET WIDE EAST-WEST, ABOUT 35 FEET DEEP. DEPOSIT NOT STUDIED OR TESTED FOR ADDITIONAL METALS PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.75317, 41.62443
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Siderite Or Sulfide Rich Layers In Limestones And Shales.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: USUALLY LIMONITE DEPOSITS IN FAULT ZONES AND DEEPLY WEATHERED AREAS OF LOW ORDOVICIAN STOCKBRIDGE CARBONATE FORMATION. SO FAR ONLY LIMONITE MINE IN AREA MAPPED AS UNDERLAIN BY SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1880

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE; ESTIMATED 500,000 TONS OF ORE REMOVED PROBABLY HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SOME LOW-GRADE ORE REMAINS; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE; NEED FIELD CHECK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO,"HOPEWELL JUNCTION," 1:24,000, MAP SYMBOLS SHOW SEVERAL PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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