Westfield Deposit

Occurrence in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Kyanite
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 10291244
MAS/MILS ID 0250130023
Record type Site
Current site name Westfield Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.85312, 42.13188 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woronoco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Cobble Mountain Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY C, 1956, USGS MIN INV RES MAP MR 4.

  • Deposit

    NOT ONN 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON CMS OR RCF LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.