New Mine Vein Occurrence Northwest of Russelville

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Lead

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069355
MRDS ID	W006824
Record type	Site
Current site name	New Mine Vein Occurrence Northwest of Russelville
Related records	10291836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-72.78008, 42.21248 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woronoco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ashuelot River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Massachusetts	Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore

Alteration

(Local) Quartz - Galena Vein

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Rock unit name

Plutonic; Felsic Thru Quartz Diorite

Rock description

Plutonic; Felsic Thru Quartz Diorite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-72.78008, 42.21248	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

General form	IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

BIOTITE MUSCOVITE GRANITE WITH BLACK TOURMALINES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Connecticut Valley Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W006824

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NASH, ALLANSON, 1827, ART IX "NOTICES OF THE LEAD MINES AND VEINS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS AND OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THAT REGION", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL XII, PG 258 TEXT AND MAP, GENERALIZED MINE LOCATION HITCHCOCK, EDWARD, 1832, "GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL. 22, NO. 1, PG 58, MAP AND TEXT (PG 1-70) GENERALIZED MINE LOCATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

NASH, ALLANSON, 1827, ART IX "NOTICES OF THE LEAD MINES AND VEINS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS AND OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THAT REGION", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL XII, PG 258 TEXT AND MAP, GENERALIZED MINE LOCATION HITCHCOCK, EDWARD, 1832, "GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL. 22, NO. 1, PG 58, MAP AND TEXT (PG 1-70) GENERALIZED MINE LOCATION ; 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

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