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Cheshire Mining and Manufacturing Co. Barite Mine

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10067523
MRDS ID W000302
Record type Site
Current site name Cheshire Mining and Manufacturing Co. Barite Mine
Related records 10215744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.90425, 41.54416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(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
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FROM 1864 TO 1871 CHESHIRE MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY MINED FROM ONE SHAFT; FROM 1876 TO 1877 STAMFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY OWNED AND MINED FROM SAME SHAFT. STRIKE OF SANDSTONE ABOUT N. 70 DEG. EAST WITH PROBABLY MODERATE DIP TO SOUTHEAST. NUMEROUS PROSPECTS 200 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SHAFT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

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) West Rock Dolerite
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Sandstone Associated With Thick Intrusive Diabase Sill

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL, ABOUT 500 FEET THICK, INTRUDES NEW HAVEN ARKOSE, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET THICK, OCCUPYING CONN. VALLEY GRABEN. AREA UNDERLAIN BY EITHER SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OR CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN SOUTHINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHIST, WHICH INCLUDES ORDOVICIAN OR DEVONIAN PROSPECT GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1864 TO 1871, 1876 TO 1877

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PROBABLY ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION FROM SMALL DEPOSIT. HIGH GRADE BARITE ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1963, "GEOL. MAP OF SOUTHINGTON QUAD.", USGS, GQ-200, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    FRITTS, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRITTS, 1962, MAP AT ABOUT 1:50,000, LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL, PG. 8, 9. FRITTS, 1963, MAP AT 1:24,000, LOCATES SHAFT AND ADJACENT PROSPECTS BY SYMBOLS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Windolph, John F. U.S. Geological Survey

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