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Copper Prospect No. Dk-008

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067417
MRDS ID W000164
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect No. Dk-008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.96453, 41.38399 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Carmel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Shaft Information Lacking. Mine Located At Contact of Sandstone Bed With Bottom of Intruded Mafic Sill. Sandstone Beds Strike N 75 Deg. East, Dip 30 Deg. Se., With Sill Conformable.
  • SHAFT INFORMATION LACKING. MINE LOCATED AT CONTACT OF SANDSTONE BED WITH BOTTOM OF INTRUDED MAFIC SILL. SANDSTONE BEDS STRIKE N 75 DEG. EAST, DIP 30 DEG. SE., WITH SILL CONFORMABLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Chalcocite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

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 > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.96453, 41.38399
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: West Rock Diabase Sill, About 500 Feet Thick, Intrudes the Lower Member of the New Haven Arkose.
  • GEOL.DESC: WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL, ABOUT 500 FEET THICK, INTRUDES THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE NEW HAVEN ARKOSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Woodbridge

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., "GEOL. MAP OF MOUNT CARMEL QUAD", USGS, GQ-199, SHORT TEXT

  • Deposit

    Fritts, C. E., "Geol. Map Of Mount Carmel Quad", Usgs, Gq-199, Short TextFritts, C. E., "Geol. Map Of Mount Carmel Quad", Usgs, Gq-199, Short Text

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Fritts Map At 1:24,000 Locates Mine By Symbol. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit FRITTS MAP AT 1:24,000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 19-MAR-2003 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Combined This Record With Information From Record W000439: Then Deleted Record W000439
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num And Model, Moved Point: Noted Duplicate Record Number W000439
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

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