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Livington's Iron Carbonate Mine

Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur
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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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067431
MRDS ID W000179
Record type Site
Current site name Livington's Iron Carbonate Mine
Related records 10175429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.83205, 42.17693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hudson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Siderite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.83205, 42.17693
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 35 DEG.ENE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siderite Rich Limestone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BAND 4 MILES LONG N-S., AVERAGES 10 TO 20 FEET THICK, SHOWS BEDDING; STRIKES NNW., DIPS 20 TO 40 DEG. E., FAULTED HORST BLOCK. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; ORE INTERBEDDED WITH DIVERSE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1884

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • NON-BESSEMER; ORE LOW GRADE AND TOO SILICEOUS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT SOME QUANTITIES OF SILICEOUS LOW-GRADE IRON ORE STILL REMAIN IN MINE.

Comments on development

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 40 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES IN N.Y.S.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. NO. 7, TEXT AND SMALL MAP, PG. 63

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BED IS 18 FEET THICK AND DIPS 35 DEGREES ENE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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