Pyrite Prospect 1/2 Mi. E. of Davis Mine

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10067350
MRDS ID W000064
Record type Site
Current site name Pyrite Prospect 1/2 Mi. E. of Davis Mine
Related records 10194073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.85535, 42.68026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heath(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield 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
Iron Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.85535, 42.68026

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Not Known, But Probably Parallels Schistosity

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: METAMORPHOSED HAWLEY FORMATION CONSISTS OF AMPHIBOLITES, GREENSTONES, FELDSPATHIC SCHISTS, GRANULITES; AMPHIBOLITES OF HORNBLENDE AND OLIGOCLASE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Heath Quad

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED, PROBABLY SIMILAR TO DAVIS MINE DEPOSIT NO. 43 (ALBANY)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATCH, N. L., JR., USGS GQ 735, 1968, 1:24,000

  • Reserve-Resource

    HATCH, N. L., JR., 1968

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.