Simsbury Copper Mine

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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 10067484
MRDS ID W000259
Record type Site
Current site name Simsbury Copper Mine
Related records 10216293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.74352, 41.96998 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windsor Locks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Part of Simsbury New Gate Prison Operations.
  • PART OF SIMSBURY NEW GATE PRISON OPERATIONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.74352, 41.96998

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Mine Near Contact of Shuttle Meadow Formation and Underlain Talcott Basalt. Mineralization Probably Derived From Later Holyoke Intrusive Event
  • GEOL.DESC: MINE NEAR CONTACT OF SHUTTLE MEADOW FORMATION AND UNDERLAIN TALCOTT BASALT. MINERALIZATION PROBABLY DERIVED FROM LATER HOLYOKE INTRUSIVE EVENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1707-1767, 1830-1835

Mining district

District name Lower Connecticut Valley

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 QUANTITIES OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNABEL, R. W., 1964, "GEOL. MAP WINDSOR LOCKS QUAD.", USGS, GQ 388, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SHEPARD, 1837

  • Deposit

    Schnabel, R. W., And Eric, J.H., 1964, "Geol. Map Windsor Locks Quad.", Usgs, Gq 388, Short TextSchnabel, R. W., And Eric, J.H., 1964, "Geol. Map Windsor Locks Quad.", Usgs, Gq 388, Short Text

  • Deposit

    Gray, N., 1987, Personal Commun.Gray, N., 1987, Personal Commun.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Schnabel Geol. Map At 1:24,000, Mine Located By Symbol. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit SCHNABEL GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000, MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Windolph, John F. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 19-MAR-2003 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Also See Record Number W000258
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num And Model

Beyond USGS

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