Norwich Lithia Mine

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Lithium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067343
MRDS ID W000055
Record type Site
Current site name Norwich Lithia Mine
Related records 10146696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.86146, 42.31859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westhampton(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
Lithium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.86146, 42.31859

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Unknown

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITE IN GRAPHITIC SCHIST PIT AT LEAST 250 FEET LONG, 75 FEET WIDE; MICA BOOKS LESS THAN 3 INCHES WIDE; GRANITIZATION PROBABLY DURING DEVONIAN PERIOD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Pegmatite

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B. K., 1898, USGS FOLIO 50

  • Production

    BILLINGS, M. P., 1941

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.

External references