Wright Emery Mine

Producer 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069365
MRDS ID W006835
Record type Site
Current site name Wright Emery Mine
Related records 10291133

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.98425, 42.26442 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield 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

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

(1) -72.98425, 42.26442

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 426.72M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Chester Magnetite - Emery Bed

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN 5 MILES LONG, NEARLY N-S SHAFT 87 FT. DEEP

Comments on development

  • SURFACE TREND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, J.H., 1906 "CORUNDUM - ITS OCCURENCE AND DESTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES", BULL. 269 PG 135 MINE LOCATION, MAP MATRIX TEXT, PG 38-40 SEE NO. 56, PG 134

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BETWEEN CHESTER AMPHIBOLITE, SAVOY SCHIST ; 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.