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Klondike Mine

Past Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069335
MRDS ID W006797
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Mine
Related records 10243095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.37732, 42.34859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

State Line(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Berkshire

Comments on the location information

  • RICHMOND TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Goethite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Low To High Rank Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Stockbridge Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/IRREGULAR
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Seemingly Controlled By Vertical Fault In Limestone Near Horizontal Thrust Fault Zone Between Limestone And Schist.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Richmond Iron Ore District, Taconic Range Adjacent To Cone Mine On The Southwest

Comments on the workings information

  • AZIMUTH ABOUT 45 DEG. ONE SMALL PIT, ALL OTHER WORKS UNDERGROUND, ORE SHAFT INCLINED 45 DEG SE PARALLEL TO ORE BODY, SHAFT 150 FT LONG MEASURED ON INCLINE, WORKINGS ESTIMATED 200 TO 1500 FT. LONG, ALL WORKINGS WATER SATURATED

Comments on development

  • OPERATION 1909-1923

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N30 HUDSON OR BERKSHIRE SCHISTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1905-1906

Reporter information

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

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