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Cheshire Barytes Co. Mine

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Strontium
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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 10067525
MRDS ID W000304
Record type Site
Current site name Cheshire Barytes Co. Mine
Related records 10167534

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.91175, 41.51916 (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
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRST PROSPECTED 1844 BY LEVI BRADLEY WITH PITS; CHESHIRE BARYTES COMPANY DUG ONE SHAFT 1868 TO 1872, CONTINUED BY STAMFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY FROM 1873 TO 1878. SHAFT DEPTH 300 FEET. GEOL. MAP SHOWS TWO MINE DUMPS. REGIONAL STRIKE OF SANDSTONE ABOUT N. 70 DEG. EAST, REGIONAL DIP ABOUT 20 DEG. SOUTHEAST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY SAMPLES BCT 189, 190 SHOW HIGH VALUES AG 7 PPM, B 15 PPM, BA 5000 PPM, CU 5000 PPM, PB 10 PPM, SR 65000 PPM, ZN N PPM.

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) -72.91175, 41.51916
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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 PROJECT GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1868 TO 1872, 1873 TO 1878

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE BARITE ORE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT FRITTS INDICATES RESERVES LOW AND MINING COST HIGH.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    FRITTS, 1962, PG. 21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRITTS, 1963, MAP AT 1:24,000, LOCATES SHAFT AND TWO DUMPS BY SYMBOLS. FRITTS, 1962, MAP AT ABOUT 1:50,000, LOCATES SHAFT BY SYMBOL, PG. 8, 9. CHESHIRE BARYTES MINE DUMP ASSAY SAMPLES, "USGS LAB FILES", NOS. BCT 189, 190 IN HM 3336. ; 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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