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Davis Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105442
MRDS ID W000137
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Limonite Mine
Related records 10264479

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.43815, 41.97332 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PIT 1,600 FT. EAST-WEST, 1,000 FT. NORTH-SOUTH, ABOUT 70 FEET DEEP, LARGE POND IN CENTER; DOLOMITE BEDROCK FAULTED, DOLOMITE DIP 25 DEG. TO 30 DEG. SE; PITCHES 15 DEG. SW, FAULT STRIKES N 50 DEG. E., DIP, 70 DEG. NW.; PROBABLY ZINC IN ORE, NOT TESTED; ORE AS MUCH AS 25 FEET THICK, TILL 5 TO 10 FT., AS MUCH AS 75 FEET

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FE 50.57%, MN 2.45%, 5 0.019%, P 0.083%, SI02 9.42%, AL203 1.37%, H20 11.71%.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.43815, 41.97332
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Siderite Rich Carbonate Beds; Iron-Sulfide-Rich Schist Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FAULTED CARBONATE BEDS NEAR OVERTHRUSTED LOW CAMBRIAN EVERETT SCHIST, WHICH HAS CHLORITE, MAGNETITE, GARNET, MICROCLINE, ALBITE, GRAPHITE, BIOTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1734 - 1907

Mining district

District name Northwestern Connecticut

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 1.2 MILLION TONS ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE ORE POTENTIAL

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1969, "SHARON", 1:24,000, SHOWS POND. HOBBS SHOWS TWO CROSS SECTIONS OF PIT; NEITHER SIDERITE OR SULFIDES REPORTED MN WAD SHOWS MN2O3 87.241%, FE2O3 1.10%, SIO2 0.74%, P2O5 0.07%, CAO TRACE, MGO 0(ZERO)%, H2O 10.02% ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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