Argentine Galena Vein

Occurrence in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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 10067336
MRDS ID W000047
Record type Site
Current site name Argentine Galena Vein
Related records 10268241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.74674, 42.36581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easthampton(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
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gile Mountain Formation

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN QUARTZ WITH GRANITIZED GRAPHITIC MICA SCHIST OF CONWAY FORMATION; AREA IN ZONE OF WILLIAMSBURG GRANITIC PLUTON; VEIN NEARLY 1/3 MILE LONG, STRIKE N 85 E, 1 - 40 FEET WIDE, 30 FEET THICK.

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.