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Squabble Hole 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 10067392
MRDS ID W000136
Record type Site
Current site name Squabble Hole Limonite Mine
Related records 10296843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.57122, 41.82916 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amenia(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 SHOWS TWO PONDS, NE POND 600 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 400 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, ABOUT 20 FT. DEEP; THE SW POND IS 600 FT LONG NE-SW, 100 FT. WIDE NW-SE, AND ABOUT 30 FT. DEEP. PROBABLY MANGANESE AND ZINC PRESENT BUT NOT TESTED FOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.57122, 41.82916
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE PIT AT CONTACT OF MID ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE PHYLLITE AND SCHIST FORMATION; NO FAULTS INDICATED ON STATE GEOLOGY MAP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1865 - 1879

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE, ESTIMATE PRODUCTION ABOUT 75,000 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE FE ORE ARE PROBABLY AVAILABLE

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

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1958, "AMENIA", 1:24,000, MAP SHOWS MINE PITS AS PONDS. MINE OWNED BY MANHATTAN IRON WORKS, N. Y. CITY. ; 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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