Farnum Hill Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Grafton county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Pig Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081615
MRDS ID W033869
Record type Site
Current site name Farnum Hill Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.27199, 43.61969 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Relative position 0.3 MI SSW OF INTERSECT SLAYTON HILL RO AND OLD KINGS HWY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grafton(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Hartland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Grafton

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM JOHN LYONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.27199, 43.61969

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN LYONS, PERS. COMM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZONE 50 YARDS WIDE
Deposit 1.2 MI N25W FROM FARNUM HILL PROSPECT TO LEBANON I89 ROADCUT OCCURRENCE ; INFO.SRC : 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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