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Stoddard Fluorite Mine

Past Producer in Cheshire county in New Hampshire, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223117
MAS/MILS ID 0330050001
Record type Site
Current site name Stoddard Fluorite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.467, 42.93357 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cheshire(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spofford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Cheshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.467, 42.93357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 90M
    Width 27M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:65S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1844
Year of first production 1908

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dwight H Smith
    Interest 100
    Home office New Hampshire
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 270M
    Overall depth 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARDILL, J.D., EXPL. OF STODDARD FLUORITE MINE, CHESHIRE CO.

  • Deposit

    HAMPSHIRE, U.S. BUMINES RI 3937, SEPT., 1946.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.

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