| Deposit ID | 10008873 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001352 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Mine Hill |
| Related records | 10275286 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -71.44948, 41.99999 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Rhode Island | Providence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Garnet | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Tremolite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -71.44948, 41.99999 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001352 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
QUINN, A., AND YOUNG, J.A., 1937, AM. MINERALOGIST, VOL. 22, P. 279-289.
QUINN, A., 1948, THE GEOLOGY AND GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE PAWTUCKET QUADRANGLE: GEOLOGIC MAP OF BEDROCK, P. 21 FOR COPPER MINE HILL.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PRESENCE OF SCHEELITE ON THE DUMP OF A LONG-CLOSED COPPER MINE AT COPPER HILL MINE WAS REPORTED IN 1942. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 4 OTHER SRC |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1973 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 09-JUN-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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