Copper Hill

Occurrence in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008446
MRDS ID D000617
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.44948, 41.99999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Providence(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pawtucket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackstone River(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Providence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.44948, 41.99999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUINN, AND YOUNG, 1937, MINERALS AND ROCKS AT COPPER MINE HILL, RHODE ISLAND: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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