Mount Prospect

Prospect in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Nickel
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 10240351
MRDS ID W000742
MAS/MILS ID 0090050036
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mt. Prospect Prospects
Related records 10067868

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.317, 41.833 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
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

Cornwall(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

Comments on the location information

  • It is probable that record 10067868 is a duplicate record for this one. The location given in 10067868 more closely matches locations in the literature; thus, the location for this record has been changed to match the location given in record 10067868. See reference Cameron, 1943

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.317, 41.833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 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.