Talc Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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 10069189
MRDS ID W002643
Record type Site
Current site name Talc Prospect
Related records 10170879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.89646, 42.72359 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.7 MI N. OF PELHAM LAKE, NORTH OF DEERFIELD RIVER

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.89646, 42.72359

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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, FRANKLIN AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES, MASS. AND BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES, VT. USGS GQ 642 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERPENTINITE, TALC - CARBONATE ; 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.