Southwest Whately Lead Vein

Producer in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110428
MRDS ID W006826
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Whately Lead Vein
Related records 10121510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.69812, 42.42637 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(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 Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Vein With Galena

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.69812, 42.42637

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, EDWARD, 1832, "GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL. 22, NO. 1, PG 59, MAP AND TEXT (PG 1-70) MINE LOCATION GENERALIZED

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.