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Scoville Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067327
MRDS ID W000037
Record type Site
Current site name Scoville Limonite Mine
Related records 10288749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.44065, 42.01805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bash Bish Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.44065, 42.01805
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate And Schist Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR CONTACT WITH OVERTHRUST FAULT (?) ZONE OF LOWER CAMBRIAN EVERETT SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1734 - EARLY 1900'S.

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES OF EITHER IRON ORE OR MANGANESE ORE; ESTIMATION OF TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT SMALL LOW GRADE IRON AND MANGANESE ORES PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOBBS, 1907, GENERALIZED TEXT ONLY AND ASSAY, PG 153-181; PIT NOT SHOWN ON BASHBISH FALLS TOPO, 1:24,000. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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