Silica Quarry

Producer in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069153
MRDS ID W002585
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Quarry
Related records 10291057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.97369, 42.2547 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. S.S.E. OF CHESTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.97369, 42.2547

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Western Pegmatite Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, R.K., 1888. "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE, MASS. - CONN.", USGS GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 50, QUARRY LOCATION ONLY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN QUARTZ ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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