Loudville Lead Mine

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
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 10067337
MRDS ID W000048
Record type Site
Current site name Loudville Lead Mine
Related records 10243153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.73702, 42.28748 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easthampton(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 Hampshire

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.73702, 42.28748

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN QUARTZ IN GRANITE ADJACENT TO TRIASSIC BEDS; VEIN TRENDS N 60 E, PIT 30 TO 40 FEET LONG, 3 TO 4 FEET WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1775; 1862

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., 1832, AM. JOUR. SCI. AND ARTS, VOL. 22

  • Production

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898

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.