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West Leyden Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Sulfides
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  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 10067355
MRDS ID W000069
Record type Site
Current site name West Leyden Copper Prospect
Related records 10267982

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66895, 42.72831 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colrain(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
Sulfides Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.66895, 42.72831
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Diorite Dike And Mica Schist And Amphibolite Layers

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOWER PART OF CONWAY FORMATION; CONWAY FORMATION MICA SCHIST WITH FELDSPATHIC QUARTZITE BEDS AND AMPHIBOLITE LAYERS; PROSPECT PIT ONLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leyden Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED. THIN ZONE WITH MINOR SHOWS OF SULFIDES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., 1956, USGS GQ 86

  • Reserve-Resource

    SEGERSTROM, K., 1956

Reporter information

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

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

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