Peekskill Area

Occurrence in Westchester county in New York, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067876
MRDS ID W000750
Record type Site
Current site name Peekskill Area
Related records 10127335

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.91623, 41.24999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haverstraw(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 Westchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Spinel Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.91623, 41.24999

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-CORUNDUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES-THEIR COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE: US BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, 145 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MAGNETITE IS HIGH IN AL AND LOW IN TI WITH TI02 PERCENTAGES RANGING FROM 0.15 TO 4.15 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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