Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine
Sharon, Connecticut
41.8811°N 73.5245°W
Mine Overview
The Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine is near Sharon, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the New York Salisbury Iron Mining District. The Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Past operations took place from 1780 to 1902. The ore mined is composed of limonite. The Taconic Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
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Commodities
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- Commodity Type Importance
- Iron Metallic Primary
- Manganese Metallic Primary
Deposit
USGS TOPO, 1955, MILLERTON, 1:24, 000, SHOWS MINE PIT AS POND. AS OF 1880, LARGEST IRON ORE PRODUCER IN AREA; OWNED BY SHARON BESSEMER ORE AND IRON COMPANY; BESSEMER GRADE ORE.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
Mining Districts
Formal or informal mining district names.
Geology
MINE PIT NOT NEAR ANY OTHER FORMATION ALSO NO FAULTS DESCRIBED IN AREA.
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Appalachian Highlands New England Province Taconic Section
Ore Control
Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.
- Text?
- Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds
Reserve-resource
FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE, PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE PRESENT.
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- Residual
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Manhattan Iron Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- Surface
- 0.02 miles
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Amenia Manganese Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- Surface
- 2.67 miles
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Amenia Limonite Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- 2.68 miles
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Gridley Iron Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- Surface
- 2.80 miles
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Squabble Hole Limonite Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- Residual
- 2.81 miles
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Gridley Limonite Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- 2.81 miles
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General Bush Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- 2.97 miles
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Indian Limonite Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Litchfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 3.21 miles
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Smithfield Lead Mine
- Lead commodity Site type Mine status
- Dutchess, New York
- 3.93 miles
Nearby Places
- Sharon (2.46 miles away)
- Amenia (2.75 miles away)
- Millerton (5.06 miles away)
- Lakeville (7.21 miles away)
- Salisbury (8.84 miles away)
- Pine Plains (9.59 miles away)
- Falls Village (9.77 miles away)
- Dover Plains (10.02 miles away)
- Cornwall (10.37 miles away)
- Millbrook (10.95 miles away)
- Kent (11.07 miles away)
- Ancram (13.04 miles away)
- Warren (13.16 miles away)
- Canaan (14.23 miles away)
- Milan (14.63 miles away)
- Salt Point (14.75 miles away)
- Copake (15.41 miles away)
- Goshen (15.78 miles away)
- New Preston (16.78 miles away)
- Pleasant Valley (17.95 miles away)
- Sheffield (18.07 miles away)
- Copake Lake (18.08 miles away)
- Norfolk (18.31 miles away)
- Bantam (18.37 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- New York Salisbury Iron Mining District (0 miles away)
- Connecticut Salisbury Iron Mining District (1.38 miles away)
Footnotes
* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.
** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.
1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.
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Notes
ON TOPO SHEET POND IS 700 FEET LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 750 FEET WIDE EAST-WEST, WITH PIT 160 FEET DEEP. COVERED BY GLACIAL MATERIAL IN PLACES 10 TO 14 FEET THICK; ALSO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. TWO ORE BODIES SEPARATED BY BLUE CLAY. ORE UNDERLAIN BY GRAY-BLUE LIMESTONE WHICH OUTCROPS IN NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PIT WALLS; LIMESTONE DIPS 40 TO 50 DEGREES TO SOUTHEAST (SMOCK, 1889 ). BEDROCK DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE EXPOSED IN SOUTH WALL OF PIT (HOBBS, 1907).