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Betts Manganese Mines

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067329
MRDS ID W000039
Record type Site
Current site name Betts Manganese Mines
Alternate or previous names Taconic Manganese Mine
Related records 10121115

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.9473, 42.49526 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Relative position 1.2 MILES ENE OF WEST CUMMINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Gemstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GEM= RHODOCHROSITE, A 4 TO 6 FOOT WIDE VEIN EXPOSED AT THE BASE OF QUARRY'S BACK WALL, BEHIND FLOODED PART. CLIMB DOWN SHEER WALL 15 FEET. MUST HAVE FINE EQUIPMENT, THAT IS, HEAVY SLEDGE AND SHARP CARBON STEEL CHISEL; VEIN HIGHLY RESISTANT. MINE OPEN FOR $2.00 FEE. TAKE 1ST LEFT E OUT OF CUMMINGTON TOWARD LITHIA. PAY AT STRANGE LARGE HOUSE ON RIGHT 3/4 MI. UP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Cummingtonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Regional Metamorphism

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.9473, 42.49526
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Limb Of Berkshire Anticlinorium ; Reg.Trends: North To Northeast
Type of structure Local
Structure description Drag Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 20 DEG. E
    Dip 80 DEG. EAST
    Thickness 53.34M
    Length 192.02M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Talcose And Mica Slates

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITE, MUSCOVITE SCHIST, AMPHIBOLITE ; GEOL.DESC: PIPE-LIKE POD WITH LENGTH 250-330 FT., WIDTH 10 FT., THICKNESS 150 FT., STRIKE N 80 DEG. E., INCLINED 80 DEG. E. HAWLEY FORMATION STRONGLY FOLDED AND METAMORPHOSED META VOLCANICS ; REG.COM: MANGANESE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FINE GRAINED FELDSPATHIC MICA SCHIST, AMPHIBOLITE BANDS IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1830
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Taconic

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Electro Metallurgical Co.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Betts, Anson G.

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Period 1952
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20% - 27 % Mn, 1.2 % - 12.6 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 24wt-pct
    Major Ore Iron Iron 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • QUARTZ VEIN WITH ALSO PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, ARSENOPYRITE, MOLYBDENITE, MAGNETITE, SPECULAR HEMATITE, ILMENITE, RUTILE, LIMONITE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON DRILL CORE ASSAYS
  • SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY 500 FT WEST-SOUTHWEST AS INDICATED BY SHARON, 1945, MAY BE A SMALL MN DEPOSIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.152HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLE IN ORE WITH MN 7.4% AT DEPTH 175 FT. LEAN MN ORE PROBABLY CONTINUES AT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GOOD GRADE MANGANESE ORE (27%) BUT PRESENT IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND ORE IS NOT AMENABLE TO HIGH GRADE ORE CONCENTRATION (40% OR MORE) BECAUSE OF COMPLEX ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATCH, N.L., 1969, USGS GQ 857

  • Deposit

    1952 OTHER CRITTENDEN, M., USGS, RECON AND COMPIL

  • Production

    QUINN, A.W., 1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BED AT CRESTS OF THICKENED DRAG FOLDS; THREE ORE BODIES MINED, ALL SMALL; AVERAGE WIDTH OF ORE ZONE ABOUT 10 FT. WIDE
Deposit RHODONITE RECENTLY MADE MASS. STATE MINERAL. SEPT/81 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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