Clove Mine

Past Producer in Dutchess county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223977
MAS/MILS ID 0360270076
Record type Site
Current site name Clove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.68595, 41.67279 (WGS84)
Elevation 166

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dutchess(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verbank(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 Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.68595, 41.67279

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fishkill Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fallkill Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1880, 4516 TONS OF LIMONITE ORE WERE MINED FROM A PIT 90

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE US, IRON ORE MINES OF NY (GENERAL F

  • Deposit

    P 130.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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