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Shenandoah 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. 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 10067378
MRDS ID W000117
Record type Site
Current site name Shenandoah Limonite Mine
Related records 10175062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.76928, 41.54527 (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

  • MINE MAY NOT BE ON FAULT ZONE WHICH IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CRITERIA OF A GOOD MINE SITE; PROBABLY SOME ZINC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.76928, 41.54527
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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: NO MAJOR FAULT MAPPED IN AREA THOUGH ON STRIKE OF POSSIBLE FAULT CONTINUATION FROM KNOWN MAPPED FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1879

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE; ESTIMATED 100,000 TONS OF ORE MINED; PROBABLY HIGH GRADE ORE MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO MINABLE QUANTITIES OF HIGH GRADE ORE, PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO,1957, "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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