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Mattabesset River Lead Mine

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur, Barium-Barite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10105446
MRDS ID W000305
Record type Site
Current site name Mattabesset River Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79119, 41.6211 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meriden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WORKINGS IN RAVINE IN FAULT ZONE WHICH TRENDS N. 45 DEG. EAST, DIP NEAR VERTICAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79119, 41.6211
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Breccia Includes Sandstone And Shale Of Upper Triassic East Berlin Formation, Stratigraphically Between Holyoke And Hampden Basalt Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLOSELY FAULTED AREA WITH HOLYOKE BASALT IN CONTACT WITH YOUNGER UPPER TRIASSIC HAMPDEN BASALT. IN AREA TRIASSIC ROCKS PERHAPS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET THICK. BASEMENT UNKNOWN BUT CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED PALEOZOIC AND ARCHEAN SEDIMENTARY AND IGNEOUS ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1777, 1807

Mining district

District name Berlin

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING. MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA ORE PRODUCED FROM SMALL DEPOSIT. HIGH GRADE GALENA ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE GALENA ORE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSHAW, P. M., 1968, "GEOL. MAP OF MERIDEN QUAD", USGS, GQ-738, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SHEPARD, 1837

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HANSHAW MAP AT 1:24,000 DOES NOT LOCATE MINE SITE WHICH IS IN RAVINE OF MATTABESSET RIVER ADJACENT TO FIRST STREAM BRIDGE 800 FEET EAST OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGHWAY BRIDGE (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Windolph, John F. U.S. Geological Survey

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