Magnetite - Emery Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10069358
MRDS ID W006828
Record type Site
Current site name Magnetite - Emery Prospect
Related records 10291603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.30394, 42.66054 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.7 MILES SE OF WARWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Millers River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • WARWICK TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAGNETITE PRESENT IN MINOR QUANTITIES; NO EMERY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.30394, 42.66054

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN ORIENTATION NOT GIVEN BUT PROBABLY STRIKES NEARLY N-S, DIPS NEARLY VERTICALLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warwick - Royalton Area

Comments on the workings information

  • LENSES OF GARNET MAGNETITE, GRAPHITIC SCHIST; SHALLOW PROSPECT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HADLEY, J.B. 1949, "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT GRACE QUADRANGLE, MASS", USGS GQ NO. 3 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT PARAGRAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMERY QUARRY. FELDSPATHIC QUARTZ; MICA SCHIST WITH MAGNETITE ; 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.