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New England Lime Company Quarry

Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10110409
MRDS ID W002608
Record type Site
Current site name New England Lime Company Quarry
Related records 10291588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.12036, 42.64137 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Berkshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone To Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Shelburne Marble, Stockbridge Group
    Rock description Shelburne Marble, Stockbridge Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Stockbridge Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARCTURUS LS, 400 FEET; ELY LIMESTONE, 2,500 FT; CHAINMAN SH, 250 FT; JOANA LS, 100-400 FT; PILOT SH, 200 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Berkshire Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF MASSIVE MONZONITE INTRUSIONS ALONG E-W ZONE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: RICHER OXIDE ORE MINED AT FIRST; LATER LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED SULFIDES (COPPER)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERZ, NORMAN, 1961, "BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH ADAMS QUADRANGLE, MASS. - VT., USGS G.Q. - 139. QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT SENTENCE 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE WITH LESS THAN TEN PERCENT ACCESSORY MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC
Deposit Discovery Year: 1868 (ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT)
Deposit EXACT LOCATIONS OF MANY FAULTS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAP; FAULTS TREND IN ALL POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS; ALL APPEAR TO BE NORMAL (SPENCER, REF 1) INTRUSIVES BOTH CROSS CUT AND FOLLOW SEDIMENTARY STRATIFICATION; WALLS 45 DEG NW TO VERTICAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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