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Clove Spring 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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067401
MRDS ID W000148
Record type Site
Current site name Clove Spring Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.68344, 41.67555 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF CLOVE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER; 0.6 MILES NW OF CLOVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verbank(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 SHOWS POND 900 FT. LONG NE-SW, 200 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST, AND REPORTED 130 FEET DEEP; MINE PIT 500 FEET NORTH OF CLOVE MINE PIT. ORE COMPACT, MUST BE BLASTED; OVERLAIN BY GLACIAL MATERIAL; LIMESTONE BEDROCK PRESENT. MANGANESE AND ZINC ARE PROBABLY PRESENT BUT NOT TESTED FOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Mass Weathering

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.68344, 41.67555
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Blocks ; Reg.Trends: N N E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL SHEET
    Strike N 45 DEG. W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 39.62M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 39.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds In Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIDERITE AND PYRITE BEDS NOT REPORTED ; MAJOR.UNITS: CARBONATE BED ; GEOL.DESC: NEAR CONTACT WITH OVERTHRUST FAULT OF MID ORDOVICIAN BERKSHIRE PHYLLITE AND SCHIST FORMATION; GREY LIMESTONE BEDS CUT BY PIT WALLS. ; REG.COM: MINE PIT WALLS LIMESTONE; ON GEOLOGIC MAP PIT IN FAULT ZONE NEAR BERKSHIRE SCHISTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1871

Mining district

District name Eastern New York

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frederick Miles
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frederick Miles, Salisbury Connecticut

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF LOW GRADE ORE IS PRESENT
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, BUT LOW GRADE IRON ORE PROBABLY AVAILABLE IN LARGE QUANTITIES ALONG FAULT ZONE CONTINUATIONS.
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, ESTIMATED LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE FE ORE PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.577HA
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE MIXED WITH GLACIAL MATERIAL AND MASSES OF FRESH CARBONATE BEDROCK

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EARLY IRON MANUFACTURING AND MINING AREA, 1734 - 1900; IRON ORE USED LOCALLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK STATE", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, PG 54, 55

  • Deposit

    1889 RECON NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS IN OVERTHRUST FAULT ZONE
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1960, "VERBANK", 1:24,000, SHOWS MINE PIT AS POND ; 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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