Leverett Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067331
MRDS ID W000041
Record type Site
Current site name Leverett Barite Prospect
Related records 10291669

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.52312, 42.4347 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Toby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ashuelot River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.52312, 42.4347

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein May Be In Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHIST STRONGLY GRANITIZED, PEGMATITES COMMON; SHAFT ON VEIN; VEIN 130 - 160 FT. LONG; 2 INCHES TO 1 FOOT WIDE 1.5 MI SOUTH OF LEVERETT GALENA MINE (ALBANY NO. CK 14).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED; MASSIVE BARITE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLARD, M.E., 1951, USGS GQ

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898; HITCHCOCK, E., 1832

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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