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Northern Chester Emery Mine

Occurrence in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Emery
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069368
MRDS ID W006838
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Chester Emery Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.98702, 42.38304 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington(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) -72.98702, 42.38304
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BETWEEN CHESTER AMPHIBOLITE AND SAVOY SCHIST. THIS MINE NOT PLOTTED BY PRATT BUT GEOL. CONDITIONS SIMILAR

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 (GOOD ORE 3 MILES) STRIKES N IN UPPER HALF, SSE IN LOWER HALF, DIP ABOUT VERTICAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE, MASS - CONN", USGS GEOL ATLAS, FOLIO 50 MINE LOCATION AND SHORT PARAGRAP

Reporter information

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

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

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