Turner Falls Copper Prospect

Prospect in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170593
MRDS ID W000053
MAS/MILS ID 0250110051
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Falls Copper Prospect
Related records 10067341

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.56201, 42.60828 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.56201, 42.60828

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES INTERNAL MEMO,AREA I MINERAL RESOURCES O

  • Deposit

    PITTSBURGH,PA,DEC 1964.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY C, 1956, USGS MIN INV. RES. MAP MR-4

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ENTRY DATE 6/77 BY DAVID C.UHRIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.