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Kemble Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Putnam 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067404
MRDS ID W000151
Record type Site
Current site name Kemble Magnetite Mine
Related records 10247796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.88012, 41.40499 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL SHORT LIVED OPERATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.88012, 41.40499
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Bed Near Contact With Precambrian Garnet Leucogranitic Gneiss

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MUCH METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED AREA, COMPLEX GEOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1842

Mining district

District name Hudson Highlands

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL AS MINE ONLY WORKED FOR SHORT PERIOD . HIGH GRADE FE ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE REMAINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECK, L. C., 1842, "MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK", N. Y. S. NATURAL HISTORY, PG 11

  • Production

    BECK, 1842

Reporter information

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

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