Macia Emery Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069363
MRDS ID W006833
Record type Site
Current site name Macia Emery Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -72.62964, 42.13399 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tom(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 Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emery Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR SURFACE WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Emery Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Silurian

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -72.62964, 42.13399

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BETWEEN CHESTER AMPHIBOLITE, SAVOY SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chester Magnetite Emery Bed

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN 5 MILES LONG, NEARLY N-S UNDERGROUND WORK STOPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, J.H., 1906, "CORUNDUM - ITS OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES", USGS BULL. 269, PG 135 MAP MINE LOCATION, MATRIX. PG. 38-40, SEE NO. 56 PG 135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-71 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.