Fox Hill Bog Mn Occurrence

Occurrence in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067435
MRDS ID W000185
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Hill Bog Mn Occurrence
Related records 10127083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53622, 42.03277 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copake(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
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.53622, 42.03277

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Bogs In Uplands Of Hilly Terrain

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASS LEACHING OF BERKSHIRE SCHIST OF HIGHER SLOPES AND PRECIPITATION OF MN IN BOGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BOG LENGTH 200 FEET, THICKNESS 1 FOOT; NO WIDTH CITED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, N. C., 1918, "POSTGLACIAL MN IN COLUMBIA CO., N.Y.", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 207, PG. 93

  • Reserve-Resource

    DALE, N. C., 1918

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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