Booth's Mine

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Bismuth
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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192003
MRDS ID W001143
MAS/MILS ID 0090010027
Record type Site
Current site name Booth's Mine
Related records 10068195

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.17954, 41.34309 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(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 Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.17954, 41.34309

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

    SMITH, CHARLES, MAP OF MINES & QUARRIES OF CONN, JUNE, 1972.

  • Deposit

    FOR ATTACHMENT SEE 09-001-00013.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY C., 1957, USGS MIN INV RES MAP MR7.

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, WILLIAM PATRICK, 1968, CONN STATE GEOL & NAT

  • Deposit

    HISTORY QUAD REPT NO. 24, PLATE 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES USGS GSC ID # W100435; W001143; W001144.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-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.