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Leverett Lead Mines

Past Producer in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Silver
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067330
MRDS ID W000040
Record type Site
Current site name Leverett Lead Mines
Related records 10121651

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.52229, 42.4572 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Toby(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
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Erving Formation
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Trends N 15 Deg. W; Mineralization Possibly Paleozoic (?)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULFIDES IN SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE OF TRIASSIC AGE IN CONN. VALLEY BORDER FAULT ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH TRIASSIC DIABASE FLOWS. HOST ROCK AMHERST SCHIST GRANITIZED AND INCLUDES SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES IN FAULTED AREA. NO ASSAYS AVAILABLE, THOUGH ORE MOSTLY BARITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1800'S

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Comments on the production information

  • SHAFT; NO PRODUCTION FIGURES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, EDWARD, 1832, AM. JOUR. SCI. AND ARTS, VOL. 22

  • Production

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898 B

Reporter information

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

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