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Barite Occurrences No. Cj-070

Occurrence in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Quartz
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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 10067804
MRDS ID W000645
Record type Site
Current site name Barite Occurrences No. Cj-070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.72552, 41.61499 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut 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
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Calcium Secondary
Quartz Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Information Lacking. Several Occurrences of Barite Noted In Faults and Joints In Hampden Basalt Where Well Faulted and Jointed Causing Open Systems.
  • INFORMATION LACKING. SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF BARITE NOTED IN FAULTS AND JOINTS IN HAMPDEN BASALT WHERE WELL FAULTED AND JOINTED CAUSING OPEN SYSTEMS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Calcite Ore
Barite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.72552, 41.61499
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Several Occurrences of Barite Noted Along Fault and Joint Surfaces In Area With Numerous Faults and Joints In Hampden Basalt Flow.
  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF BARITE NOTED ALONG FAULT AND JOINT SURFACES IN AREA WITH NUMEROUS FAULTS AND JOINTS IN HAMPDEN BASALT FLOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Berlin

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF BARITE, IN SMALL AMOUNTS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEHMANN, E. P., 1959, "BEDROCK GEOL. MIDDLETOWN QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 8, MAP, TEXT, P. 34

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEHMANN, 1959.

  • Deposit

    Lehmann, E. P., 1959, "Bedrock Geol. Middletown Quad.", Conn. Geol. Survey, Quad. Report No. 8, Map, Text, P. 34.Lehmann, E. P., 1959, "Bedrock Geol. Middletown Quad.", Conn. Geol. Survey, Quad. Report No. 8, Map, Text, P. 34.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEHMANN'S MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE BARITE OCCURRENCES ON MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey Added Model_Num And Model
Updater 21-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey

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