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Colby Mine

Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110423
MRDS ID W006808
Record type Site
Current site name Colby Mine
Related records 10291558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.2662, 42.51804 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hancock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(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 Massachusetts Berkshire

Comments on the location information

  • LANESBORO TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Goethite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.2662, 42.51804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Length 175.26M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Seemingly Controlled By Vertical Fault In Limestone Near Horizontal Thrust Fault Zone Between Limestone And Schist.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1856

Mining district

District name Richmond Iron Ore District, Taconic Range

Comments on the workings information

  • RECTANGULAR PIT, 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS, 2 100 FT. DEEP, MINED OUT, 1 80 FEET DEEP, STILL ORE. GOOD ORE, LARGE PIT.

Comments on development

  • CLOSED 1888-1889

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N30 HUDSON OR BERKSHIRE SCHISTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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