Belden Mine

Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069345
MRDS ID	W006810
Record type	Site
Current site name	Belden Mine
Related records	10218855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-73.30648, 42.35692 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockbridge(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

LENNOX TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Limonite	Ore
Goethite	Unknown

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-73.30648, 42.35692	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR

General form	TABULAR, IRREGULAR

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	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Richmond Iron Ore District, Taconic Range

Comments on the workings information

TWO SMALL OPEN PITS

Comments on development

MINED AND PROSPECTED ABOUT 1870 - 1880, MAJOR BELDEN

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W006810

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CHUTE, N.E. 1945, "THE BROWN IRON ORE DISTRICT OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS", MASS DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS - USGS COOP. GEOL. PROJECT, OPEN FILE REPORT, MAPS. PG. 53, TEXT UNDER MAP SHOW LOCATION

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	N30 HUDSON OR BERKSHIRE SCHISTS ; 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.