Oak Hill Andalusite Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069791
MRDS ID W007478
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Hill Andalusite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.53281, 42.5333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lowell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Winnipesaukee River(hydrologic unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic accounting unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Middlesex
United States Massachusetts Worcester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ANDALUSITE CONTENT AT LEAST 15%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.53281, 42.5333

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDALUSITE OCCURS AS LARGE CRYSTALS 1 - 12 IN. LONG. AVERAGE CONTENT OF ANDALUSITE AT LEAST 15%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R. H., 1942, OCCURRENCE OF ANDALUSITE IN MASSACHUSETTS: MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. PUB. WORKS - U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CO - OP. GEOL. PROJECT INF. CIRC. NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY IS PROBABLY ADEQUATELY KNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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