Hatfield Lead Mine

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110220
MRDS ID W000042
Record type Site
Current site name Hatfield Lead Mine
Related records 10218343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.63423, 42.38804 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williamsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(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 Hampshire

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.63423, 42.38804

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN TONALITE ADJACENT TO TRIASSIC BEDS; VEIN TRENDS N 35 W, LENGTH 500 FEET, WIDTH 1 TO 8 FEET, THICKNESS 20 FEET; TWO SHAFTS, ONE 15 FEET DEEP, OTHER 20 FEET DEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS OF PURE ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., 1832, AM. JOUR. SCI. AND ARTS, VOL. 22

  • Production

    EMERSON, B.K. 1898

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.