Leverett Prospects

Past Producer in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, 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 10291669
MRDS ID W000041
MAS/MILS ID 0250110057
Record type Site
Current site name Leverett Prospects
Related records 10067331

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.50091, 42.47358 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
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

Mount Toby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(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 Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Erving Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTON, W.R. (USBM LIAISON OFFICER FOR CONN., MASS., N.H., R

  • Deposit

    D VT., 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    EMMERSON, B.K., 1898, "GEOLOGY OFOLD HAMPSHIRE CO., MASS., C

  • Deposit

    ING FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, USGS, MON. 29

  • Deposit

    APELL, G.E.(MINING ENGR., USBM) LEAD AND ZINC IN NEW ENGLAN

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK" MARCH 1955, NEW ENGLAND-NEW YORK INTER-AGENCY COMM

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES STUDY AND REPORT GROUP--IN BACKUP FILES

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., 1841, FINAL REPORTON THE GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUS

  • Deposit

    VOL. 1.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. BARITE IS A NON-RECOVERABLE GANGUE MINERAL. TYPE MINING IS ASSUMED TO BE UNDERGROUND. LITERATURE LACKING IN INFORMATION. LOCATION COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE AND ARE BASED LOC. DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN IN REFS.702 & 707. RESULTING ELEVATION ON MAP WITH REF. 702 WAS ENTERED INTO REC. 030, COLS. 67-71.

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.