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Anson Betts Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121115
MRDS ID W000039
MAS/MILS ID 0250150001
Record type Site
Current site name Anson Betts Manganese Mine
Related records 10067329

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.94532, 42.49438 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington(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 Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.94532, 42.49438
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Betts, Anson G.
    Interest 100
    Home office Massachusetts
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1938 TO 1942 10,080 SHORT TONS OF 21.5 PERCENT MN OR SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE. IN 1952 800 TO 900 SHORT TONS OF 25 CENT ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM. REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 4443

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL FILE, WAR MINERALS EXAMINATIONS, ANSON BETTS M

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS, ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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