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Buck Nickel Sulfide Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Nickel, Iron, Sulfur
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067487
MRDS ID W000262
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Nickel Sulfide Mine
Related records 10118911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.26154, 41.72899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Preston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Poorly Exposed But Evidently Small Mineralized Zone. Workings Consist of Pit (Caved) and Timbered Shaft (Flooded). Small Quarry and Four Shallow Pits Southwest of Shaft Show Traces of Sulfides; Nickeliferous Sulfides Found Mostly In Less Feldspathic Nor
  • POORLY EXPOSED BUT EVIDENTLY SMALL MINERALIZED ZONE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF PIT (CAVED) AND TIMBERED SHAFT (FLOODED). SMALL QUARRY AND FOUR SHALLOW PITS SOUTHWEST OF SHAFT SHOW TRACES OF SULFIDES; NICKELIFEROUS SULFIDES FOUND MOSTLY IN LESS FELDSPATHIC NORITE. SULFIDES IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AS SMALL STREAKS, PATCHES, GRAINS, AND THIN VEINLETS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Clinopyroxene Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Hypersthene Gangue
Olivine Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 13
USGS model code 7a
Deposit model name Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu
Mark3 model number 19

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.26154, 41.72899
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Area of Repeated Mafic Intrusives During Early Deformation Period Followed By Emplacement of Numerous, Small, Non-Sulfide Bearing Granitic Dikes. Numerous Mafic Dikes of Norite, Gabbro-Diorite, Diorite, Hornblende Gabbro-Diorite In Mine Area.
  • GEOL.DESC: AREA OF REPEATED MAFIC INTRUSIVES DURING EARLY DEFORMATION PERIOD FOLLOWED BY EMPLACEMENT OF NUMEROUS, SMALL, NON-SULFIDE BEARING GRANITIC DIKES. NUMEROUS MAFIC DIKES OF NORITE, GABBRO-DIORITE, DIORITE, HORNBLENDE GABBRO-DIORITE IN MINE AREA. ONE DIKE OF HORNBLENDE GABBRO-DIORITE MINED FOR SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1835 TO 1837

Mining district

District name Mt. Prospect

Comments on the production information

  • SULFIDE ORE TOO COMPLEX FOR METALLURGY (1835); FIGURES LACKING. SMALL PRODUCTION FROM HIGH GRADE MASSIVE SULFIDE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES OF HIGH GRADE MASSIVE SULFIDE PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEPARD, C. U., 1837, "REPORT", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PG. 3

  • Production

    SHEPARD, 1837

  • Deposit

    Shepard, C. U., 1837, "Report", Conn. Geol. Survey, Pg. 39Shepard, C. U., 1837, "Report", Conn. Geol. Survey, Pg. 39

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 Combined This Record With Information From Record W100260: Then Deleted Record W100260
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num And Model; Noted Duplicate Record Number W100260
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

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