Shaws Corner Sulfide Showing

Occurrence in Cheshire county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, 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 10093853
MRDS ID W033877
Record type Site
Current site name Shaws Corner Sulfide Showing

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.3295, 43.05247 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position NORTH END OF SURRY MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cheshire(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilsum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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 New Hampshire Cheshire

Comments on the location information

  • IN BED OF ASHUELOT RIVER BY AN OLD (PRIVATE) SUSPENSION BRIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron, Pig Iron Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.3295, 43.05247

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

    INFO FROM JIM THOMPSON, HARVARD & JOHN SLACK, USGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKELETON RECORD. NEED MORE INFO. ; INFO.SRC : 5 PERS COMM; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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.