North Bernardston Slate Quarry

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10093382
MRDS ID W002633
Record type Site
Current site name North Bernardston Slate Quarry
Related records 10194055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.57229, 42.71359 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHWEST OF BERNARDSTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernardston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(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 Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Shale To Slate

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Silurian Leyden Argillite, Upper Part
    Rock description Silurian Leyden Argillite, Upper Part
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.57229, 42.71359

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernardston Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALK, ROBERT, 1956, "BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF MASS., PORTION OF BERNARDSTON QUAD." MASS. - VT. USGS GQ - 90 QUARRY LOCATION AND VERY SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARGILLITE WITH THIN BEDS OF QUARTZITE ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

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.