Grannis Deposit

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142905
MRDS ID W000163
MAS/MILS ID 0090050005
Record type Site
Current site name Grannis Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mount Prospect
Related records 10067416

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.27234, 41.73749 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Preston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Clinohypersthene Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Hypersthene Unknown
Paragonite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.27234, 41.73749

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 820304

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOWE, E., 1915, SULPHIDE-BEARING ROCKS FROM LITCHFIELD,

  • Deposit

    CONN., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOLUME 10, PP. 330-347.

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E. N., 1943, ORIGIN OF SULPHIDES IN THE NICKEL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF MOUNT PROSPECT, CONN.:

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN GEOL. SOC. OF AMERICA, VOL. 54, PP. 651-686.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H. R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS IN NORTH AMERICA,

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223.

  • Deposit

    RICE, W. N. AND GREGORY, H. E., 1906, MANUAL OF THE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF CONNECTICUT, HARTFORD PRESS.

  • Deposit

    SCHAIRER, J. F., 1931, THE MINERALS OF CONN., STATE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 51.

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M. AND BRADLEY, W. C., 1952, THE GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    NEW PRESTON QUAD., STATE GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF CONN., MISC. SER. NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    BROEDEL, C.H. AND CORNWALL, H. R., 1954,

  • Deposit

    NICKEL AND COBALT IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    NEW ENGLAND-NEW YORK INTER AGENCY COMMITTEE:

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES STUDY AND REPORT GROUP, PP. 32-42.

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: MEMORANDUM, APRIL 29, 1959,

  • Deposit

    JAMES R. DUNN TO ROLAND F. BEERS,

  • Deposit

    SUBJECT: POLISHED SPECIMENS STUDY, MT. PROSPECT, CONN.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPT.-CONN. NICKEL PROSPS. 91.3081.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT JO155043, ENTERED 1976 REVISIONS BY D. K. HARRISON TPO 1976. REC 080 COLS 35-75 INFO ON DIMENSIONS IS NOT AVAILABLE. REC 010 COLS 22-24 THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT COBALT MAY BE PRESENT (WMR 91.3081). TPO REVISIONS - ADDED COBALT TO REC 010 - ALSO ADDED REC 718 & 802-803.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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