Rockwood Swamp Diatomite

Past Producer in Cheshire county in New Hampshire, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247629
MAS/MILS ID 0330050039
Record type Site
Current site name Rockwood Swamp Diatomite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.18339, 42.78497 (WGS84)
Elevation 339
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cheshire(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(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 New Hampshire Cheshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Concord Granite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. A. Wright Silver Cream Co.
    Year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCNAIR, A.H., DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, N.H. MINERAL RESOURCE SUR-

  • Deposit

    VEY, 1941, P.5, MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 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.