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Deuel Hollow 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 10067384
MRDS ID W000125
Record type Site
Current site name Deuel Hollow Limonite Mine
Related records 10175645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53038, 41.6336 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(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 New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHEET SHOWS NUMEROUS PITS, LARGEST PIT 400 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 400 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP; PROBABLY MANGANESE AND ZINC PRESENT BUT NOT TESTED FOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.53038, 41.6336
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Fractured Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE PITS NEAR CONTACT WITH LOW PALEOZOIC TO PRE CAMBRIAN WARAMAUG FORMATION OF BIOTITE-QUARTZ-GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years IN 1800'S

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, ESTIMATE PRODUCTION ABOUT 50,000 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE FE ORE STILL PRESENT IN AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1958, "DOVER PLAINS", 1:24,000, SYMBOLS SHOW NUMEROUS PITS. ; 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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