Kent Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Iron
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 10264546
MAS/MILS ID 0090030043
Record type Site
Current site name Kent Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.44144, 41.69219 (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

Kent(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

  • Assumed that Kent iron mine was located in region of town of Kent; thus, changed county name from Hartford to Litchfield to agree with lat/long

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.44144, 41.69219

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.

  • Location

    Schairer, John F., 1931, The Minerals of Connecticut: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Bulletin 51, p.102

  • Deposit

    FOR ATTACHMENT SEE 09-001-00013.

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.