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Iron Mine Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008223
MRDS ID D000213
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mine Hill Deposit
Related records 10129407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.46615, 41.99999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Providence(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pawtucket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackstone River(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Providence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.46615, 41.99999
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FINELY INTERGROWN ILMENITE AND MAGNETITE IN CUMBERLANDITE AND GABBRO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL (FEW THOUSAND TONS) IN 1700'S AND 1800'S.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE TONNAGE, BUT CHANCES OF EXPLOITATION ARE POOR, OWING TO LOW GRADE (33% FE, 9% TIO2, 0.22% V2O5) AND FINE INTERGROWTH. BALSLEY, J. R., 1942, V CONTENT OF TI-FE ORES IN US; USGS UNPUB. REPT. (V FILES) ESTIMATES 20,000 ST V IN DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, 1913, USBM BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    SEE CRIB RECORD W002526

  • Reserve-Resource

    LAWTHERS, 1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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