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Cross-Rock Copper Mine

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067418
MRDS ID W000165
Record type Site
Current site name Cross-Rock Copper Mine
Related records 10288848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.87853, 41.46999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Carmel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Shaft Depth and Underground Development Supposedly Because of Stock Promotion. Shaft At Juncture of Two Dikes, One Trends N 70 Deg. East and Off-Sets the Second Which Has A Trend of N 70 Deg. West. Both Dikes Probably Dip Near Vertical. Sandstone Dips 5 T
  • SHAFT DEPTH AND UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT SUPPOSEDLY BECAUSE OF STOCK PROMOTION. SHAFT AT JUNCTURE OF TWO DIKES, ONE TRENDS N 70 DEG. EAST AND OFF-SETS THE SECOND WHICH HAS A TREND OF N 70 DEG. WEST. BOTH DIKES PROBABLY DIP NEAR VERTICAL. SANDSTONE DIPS 5 TO 15 DEG. SE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chalcocite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAY BCT 186 SHOWS: NO AG
Result GT 5,000 PPM BA
Result 20 PPM CO, 150 PPM CU
Result 10 PPM PB
Result 1,500 PPM SR
Result NO ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.87853, 41.46999
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Triassic Or Younger Buttress Diabase Dike Displaces Upper Triassic West Rock Diabase Dike Which Intrudes New Haven Arkose Bed. New Haven Arkose Underlain By Silurian and Devonian Wepawaug Schist of Banded Argillaceous, Siliceous, and Minor Py
  • GEOL.DESC: TRIASSIC OR YOUNGER BUTTRESS DIABASE DIKE DISPLACES UPPER TRIASSIC WEST ROCK DIABASE DIKE WHICH INTRUDES NEW HAVEN ARKOSE BED. NEW HAVEN ARKOSE UNDERLAIN BY SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OF BANDED ARGILLACEOUS, SILICEOUS, AND MINOR PYRITIC CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, OR OLDER SCHISTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1900 TO 1903

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE. MINE DEVELOPMENT SUPPOSEDLY FOR STOCK PROMOTION AND NOT PRODUCTION. PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE CU ORE. SAMPLE ASSAY BCT 186 SHOWED 150 PPM CU.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE; PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1963, "GEOL. MAP OF MOUNT CARMEL QUAD", USGS, GQ-199, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    FRITTS, 1962

  • Deposit

    Fritts, C. E., 1963, "Geol. Map Of Mount Carmel Quad", Usgs, Gq-199, Short TextFritts, C. E., 1963, "Geol. Map Of Mount Carmel Quad", Usgs, Gq-199, Short Text

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRITTS, 1963, MAP AT 1:24,000, MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL. CROSS ROCK MINE ASSAY SAMPLE, "USGS LAB FILES", SAMPLE NO. BCT 186, IN HM 3336. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Windolph, John F. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num And Model

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