Copper Mine Hill

Occurrence in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Garnet, Molybdenum, Iron
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008873
MRDS ID D001352
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mine Hill
Related records 10275286

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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Garnet Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

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 Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    QUINN, A., AND YOUNG, J.A., 1937, AM. MINERALOGIST, VOL. 22, P. 279-289.

  • Deposit

    QUINN, A., 1948, THE GEOLOGY AND GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE PAWTUCKET QUADRANGLE: GEOLOGIC MAP OF BEDROCK, P. 21 FOR COPPER MINE HILL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRESENCE OF SCHEELITE ON THE DUMP OF A LONG-CLOSED COPPER MINE AT COPPER HILL MINE WAS REPORTED IN 1942. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Elliott, James E. 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.