Iron Mine Hill

Prospect in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129407
MRDS ID D000213
MAS/MILS ID 0440070001
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mine Hill
Related records 10008223

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.45778, 42.00498 (WGS84)
Elevation 114
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Providence(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackstone River(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Providence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.45778, 42.00498

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 7000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7000000mt ore
    Inferred 14000000mt ore
    Total resources 21000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 9.75 wt-pct Titanium Major 0
    Iron FeO 31 wt-pct Iron Major 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J. T., 1913, TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN U.S.A.,

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 64, P. 40

  • Deposit

    DATA FROM JOHN HUSTED'S CONTRACT WORK (GA. TECH.) GRANT NO.

  • Deposit

    S0122100 - 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Georgia Tech. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.