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Mary Louise Mine

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069357
MRDS ID W006827
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Louise Mine
Alternate or previous names Kork, Davenport, Or Gray Mine
Related records 10267492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.88896, 42.67804 (WGS84)

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
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.88896, 42.67804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50-70E
    Dip 90
    Length 128.02M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Charlemount - Heath Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY IN FRACTURE ZONE; TOTAL WIDTH OF MINERALIZED VEINLETS 15 FEET

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1912 MINOR PRODUCTION; ON 7 FT FACE OVER 500 FT OF MINERALIZED PROSPECTS. 1.84% CU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUINN, A.W. 1945, "GEOLOGY OF THE CHARLEMONT - HEATH AREA, MASS", MASS. DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS - USGS COOP. GEOL PROJECT OPEN FILE REPORT, MINE AND QUARRIES LOCATED. SKETCH OF MINE AREA FIG 4, TEXT PG 19-24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ, TELLURIUM, BIOTITE, CHLORITE, MUSCOVITE, AMPHIBOLITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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