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Limonite Mine No. Hj-024

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068253
MRDS ID W001205
Record type Site
Current site name Limonite Mine No. Hj-024
Related records 10272908

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.93234, 41.52471 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wappingers Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS SMALL POND ABOUT 300 FEET LONG NE. TO SW., ABOUT 100 FEET WIDE NW. TO SE.

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) -73.93234, 41.52471
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Weathering Of Adjacent Highland Of Cambrian Ordovician Stockbridge Marble.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FAULTED AREA IN SE. NEW YORK HIGHLANDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1904

Mining district

District name Fishkill

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE OF POND INDICATES ONLY MODERATE PRODUCTION OF LIMONITE ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE LIMONITE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1904, "ECON. DEPOSITS MAP OF N. Y.", N. Y. S. GEOL. SURVEY

  • Production

    MERRILL, 1904.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERRILL'S MAP AT 1:750000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1956, "WAPPINGERS FALLS", AT 1:24000 SHOWS SITE AS SMALL POND. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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