Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10105431
MRDS ID W000090
Record type Site
Current site name Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead Mine
Related records 10151046

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59761, 41.90527 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Dutchess

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LITTLE SPHALERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59761, 41.90527

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Member Of Trenton

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE NOT POSITIVELY LOCATED, HOWEVER LOCATION FROM DESCRIPTION GOOD. NUMEROUS E. - W. TRENDING QUARTZ VEINLETS WITH GALENA IN LIMESTONE LAYER IN AREA CALLED SILVER MOUNTAIN. MINE A FEW RODS EAST OF TRENTON SLATE LAYERS THAT ARE TO THE WEST. TOTAL LENGTH OF GALENA - QUARTZ BEARING LIMESTONE ABOUT 1 MILE, N. - S. DIRECTION. OUTCROPS IN TRIBUTARIES OF SHEROMEKO CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1740

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH-GRADE PB ORE RAN 45 OZ/TON AG FROM GALENA. ORE SHIPPED TO EUROPE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES; ESTIMATE SMALL HIGH GRADE ORE RESOURCES; NO ESTIMATE FOR LOW GRADE RESOURCES; STUDY NEEDED

Comments on development

  • MINE ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1838, "REPORT 1ST GEOL. DIST. N.Y.S.," N.Y. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V.2, PG 17

  • Production

    MATHER, 1838

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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