Spurr Limonite Mine

Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069331
MRDS ID W006792
Record type Site
Current site name Spurr Limonite Mine
Related records 10218696

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -73.20084, 42.3692 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Lee(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 Massachusetts Berkshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -73.20084, 42.3692

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Iron Rich Carbonate Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salisbury Iron

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHUTE, N.E., 1945,"BROWN IRON ORE OF BERKSHIRES", MASS. DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS - USGS COOP., MAP, PG 55

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-72 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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