Talc Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069188
MRDS ID W002641
Record type Site
Current site name Talc Quarry
Related records 10121536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.90202, 42.71887 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.4 MI NW PELHAM LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rowe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.90202, 42.71887

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rowe Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHIDESTER, A.H., HATCH JR., N.L., OSBURG, P.H., NORTON, S.A., HARTSHOW, J.H. 1967 "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROWE QUADRANGLE, MASS. AND VT." USGS GQ 642 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERPENTINITE, TALC - CARBONATE, STEATITE ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.