Whately Lead Vein Occurrence

Occurrence in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese
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. 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 10067333
MRDS ID W000044
Record type Site
Current site name Whately Lead Vein Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68979, 42.40831 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williamsburg(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 Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68979, 42.40831

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGH METAMORPHIC RANK CONWAY SCHIST NEAR WILLIAMSBURG GRANITE PLUTON; VEIN TRENDS N 70 E FOR 3/4THS MILE; AT SITE, 100 FEET LONG, 3 TO 4 FEET WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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