Higley Mine

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159714
MRDS ID W000257
MAS/MILS ID 0090030070
Record type Site
Current site name Higley Mine
Alternate or previous names Higley Copper Mine
Related records 10067482

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.74872, 41.93828 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windsor Locks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.74872, 41.93828

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY C., USGS MINERALS INVESTIGATION RESOURCES MAP,

  • Deposit

    MR #7, 1957.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, CHARLES, MAP OF MINES & QUARRIES OF CONNECTICUT,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1972.

  • Deposit

    FOR ATTACHMENT SEE MAS PROPERTY SEQ#009-001-00032.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, SULFUR SURVEY, CONNECTICUT, PAGE 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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