Turner Falls Copper Occurence Southwest

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067342
MRDS ID W000054
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Falls Copper Occurence Southwest

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.57895, 42.59859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(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 Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

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) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.57895, 42.59859

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION NEAR CONTACT OF UNDERLYING DIABASE; PIT SEVERAL FEET DEEP; STRIKE N 75 DEG. E, DIP 90 DEG.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., 1832, GEOL. OF MASS., AM. JOUR. SCI. AND ARTS, VOL. 22, NO. 1, P. 60

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLARD, M. E., 1952

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.