Hawks Mine

Prospect in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266886
MRDS ID W006820
MAS/MILS ID 0250110011
Record type Site
Current site name Hawks Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Peak Mine
Related records 10069352

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.89262, 42.61998 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plainfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.89262, 42.61998

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, S A & CORNWALL, H R, 1954, COPPER IN NEW ENGLAND & NY

  • Deposit

    GEOL. IN MASS., O.C. FARQUAR,ED.,1967, PUBL., UNIV. MASS. GR

  • Deposit

    QUINN, A.W., 1945,GEOLOGY OF THE CHARLEMONT-HEATH AREA (WITH

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PYRITE AND COPPER DEPOSITS) OPEN FILE R

  • Deposit

    MASS. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, COLS. 14-30--LAT. & LONGIT. COORDINATES ARE FOR NEARBY TOWN (CHARLEMONT, MASS.)-- DAVIS MINE IS LOCATED APPROX. 556 570 W OF CHARLEMONT, AS FOUND INQUINN, 1945, F16. 2 IN BACK REC. 030, COLS 47-48, REF. PT. & PRECISION REFER TO MINE LOC RELATIVE TO LAT. & LONGIT. COORDINATES ENTERED IN THIS RECOR REC. 010, COLS. 22-24, COMMODITY 2 CODE 700 (ZINC) REFERS T ERAL GAHNITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.