| Deposit ID | 10243373 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0250270002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fitchburg Area |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -71.79948, 42.55937 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 207 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Worcester(county)
Massachusetts(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fitchburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lowell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nashua River(hydrologic unit)
Merrimack(hydrologic accounting unit)
Merrimack(hydrologic subregion)
New England(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Massachusetts | Worcester |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Microcline | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Spodumene | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -71.79948, 42.55937 |
|---|
| Length | 91M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Fitchburgh |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
| Ownership category | Municipality |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | City Of Fitchburg |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Massachusetts |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0250270002 |
HESS, FRANK L., ET.AL., BU MINES IC 7232, 1943, PP. 37-38
KILLEEN, P.L., AND NEWMAN, W.L., USGS MR-44 EXPLANATORY TEXT
P 4.
NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS
NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-813 OF 1975 ENTRY CASSITERITE IS MENTIONED AS A CONSTITUENT OF PEGMATITE BUT I CONCERNING ITS CHARACTER IS UNAVAILABLE THE DEPOSIT IS IN COGSHELL PARK WHICH APPEARS TO BE UNDER MU JURISDICTION REC 040, A ROAD AND A POWER LINE ARE WITHIN 1000 FT OF THE D VEGETATION IS PROBABLY LIGHTLY WOODED MAX. SUR. AREA DISTURBED WAS ROUGHLY CALCULATED FROM A 7.5 M ASSUMING A BLOCK 300 FT X 900 FT. SUFFIENT TO BUILD A ROAD. REC 050. DEPOSIT DICOVERED AND EXAMINED BY ROSCOE WHITNEY. REC 060, PEG INTRUDES A GNEISSOID FINE-GRAINED BIOTITE GNEIS REC 070, MINERALOGY OF THE PEG. PEG IS OF MODERATE GRAIN S REC 080 CASSITERITE OCCURS IN A PEG THAT STRIKES NEARLY NORT 10 FT WIDE AND MORE THAN 300 FT LONG. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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