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Pegmetite Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110427
MRDS ID W006823
Record type Site
Current site name Pegmetite Quarry
Related records 10194204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.30922, 42.63609 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.55 MILE SE OF WARWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Millers River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • LAT., LONG. AND ALT. ARE FOR DIRECTOR MINE WHICH IS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT. IMPORTANT DEPOSITS ARE DIRECTOR, TAREFARE, GREBES NEST, BIG MEADOW, CANAL, IRON SPRINGS, LORD AND LADY GULCH, BLUE BEACH, HARES EARS, CHURCH AND SCRAPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.30922, 42.63609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12.19M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warwick - Royalton Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATES VARY FROM 10 - 20 MILLION TONS
  • ESTIMATES VARY FROM 10-20 MILLION TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • DIRECTOR VEIN IS OVER 1.8 KM. LONG, UP TO 2.7 M. WIDE AND MINED AT LEVELS DOWN TO 120 M. THE IRON SPRINGS VEIN IS OVER 1.4 KM. LONG, AVERAGES 75 CM. WIDE AND IS MINED TO A DEPTH OF 270 M.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WATER INFLOW IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. (4500 LITERS PER MINUTE WERE PUMPED AT IRON SPRINGS MINE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HADLEY, J.B., 1949, "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT GRACE QUADRANGLE, MASS", USGS G.Q. NO. 3 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT TEXT

Reporter information

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

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