Whately Lead Vein

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069192
MRDS ID W002646
Record type Site
Current site name Whately Lead Vein
Related records 10267587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.67729, 42.44026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williamsburg(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
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Vein With Galena

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.67729, 42.44026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NASH, ALANSON, 1827, "ART. IX NOTICES OF THE LEAD MINES AND VEINS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY MASS. AND THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THAT REGION, " THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL. XII PG. 254 MAP AND TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DARK GRAPHITIC SCHIST WITH BIOTITE, GARNET, STAUROLITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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