Pegmatite Quarry

Producer in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110407
MRDS ID W002604
Record type Site
Current site name Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10121738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.89591, 42.22442 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blandford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.89591, 42.22442

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Western Pegmatite Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K. 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE MASS. - CONN.", USGS GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 50, MAP SHOWS QUARRY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE MUSCOVITE - BIOTITE, GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.