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Gaylord Copper Prospect

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 10067419
MRDS ID W000166
Record type Site
Current site name Gaylord Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.87753, 41.47299 (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

  • About 1710, John Parker Dug Two Trenches About 50 Feet Long, 15 Feet Wide and Deep Across Contact of Diabase and Sandstone. Mining Attempted 1900 To 1903 But Probably Mostly For Stock Promotion. Strike of Dike N 70 Deg. East, Dip Probably Near Vertical. B
  • ABOUT 1710, JOHN PARKER DUG TWO TRENCHES ABOUT 50 FEET LONG, 15 FEET WIDE AND DEEP ACROSS CONTACT OF DIABASE AND SANDSTONE. MINING ATTEMPTED 1900 TO 1903 BUT PROBABLY MOSTLY FOR STOCK PROMOTION. STRIKE OF DIKE N 70 DEG. EAST, DIP PROBABLY NEAR VERTICAL. BARITE AND SILVER MAYBE PRESENT.

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) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.87753, 41.47299
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Buttress Intrusive, Thin, Near Vertical, Diabase Dike Which Cuts Thick, Near Horizontal, Upper Triassic West Rock Diabase Sill Which Intrudes New Haven Sedimentary Bed. New Haven Formation Underlain By Silurian and Devonian Wepawaug Schist Of
  • GEOL.DESC: BUTTRESS INTRUSIVE, THIN, NEAR VERTICAL, DIABASE DIKE WHICH CUTS THICK, NEAR HORIZONTAL, UPPER TRIASSIC WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL WHICH INTRUDES NEW HAVEN SEDIMENTARY BED. NEW HAVEN FORMATION UNDERLAIN BY SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OF BANDED ARGILLACEOUS, SILICEOUS, AND MINOR PYRITIC CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, OR OLDER SCHISTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1712

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT PITS; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE PRESENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE FROM CONTACT INTRUSIVE ZONE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1962, "BARITE MINES OF CHESHIRE", CHESHIRE HISTORICAL SOC., MAP, PG 8,

  • Deposit

    Fritts, C. E., 1962, "Barite Mines Of Cheshire", Cheshire Historical Soc., Map, Pg 8, 9Fritts, C. E., 1962, "Barite Mines Of Cheshire", Cheshire Historical Soc., Map, Pg 8, 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Fritts Map At 1:24,000, Prospect Located By Symbol. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit FRITTS MAP AT 1:24,000, PROSPECT LOCATED 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
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num And Model

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