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Foss' Ore Bed White Iron Mine Dover Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess 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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068228
MRDS ID W001180
Record type Site
Current site name Foss' Ore Bed White Iron Mine Dover Mine
Related records 10151112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.60344, 41.66666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS DEPRESSION, WITH POND, ABOUT 400 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 100 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WITH REPORTED DEPTH OF ABOUT 50 FEET. TWO SHAFTS FOR UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT AT FOUR LEVELS. TOTAL DEPTH AND LENGTH OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN. MINING BEGAN ABOUT 1835; WORKED AT INTERVALS TO 1888. PRESENT OWNER (1972) ROBERT EDWARDS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.60344, 41.66666
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Weathering Of Ferruginous Schist Along Permeable Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BANDS OF QUARTZOSE GNEISS AND BIOTITE SCHIST; ELSEWHERE IN AREA, FRESH BIOTITE SCHIST CONTAINS MUCH PYRRHOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1835
Production years ABOUT 1835 TILL 1888

Mining district

District name Dover

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Edwards

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE; ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT 50,000 TONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF EASILY ACCESSIBLE IRON ORE REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECK, L. C., 1840, "REPORT", NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TEXT, P. 38

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK STATE", NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM, BULL. NO. 7, TEXT, PG. 36

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1958, "DOVER PLAINS", AT 1:24000 SHOWS MINE PIT AS POND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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