Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite Pits

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067410
MRDS ID W000157
Record type Site
Current site name Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite Pits
Related records 10272611

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.79012, 41.40805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oscawana Lake(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
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.79012, 41.40805

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Gneiss Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hudson Highlands

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner In Part Owned By Isaac Lockwood (1839).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1839, "THIRD ANNUAL REPORT", N. Y. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PG 10

  • Production

    MATHER, 1839

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.