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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Lead, 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 10067340
MRDS ID W000052
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10146108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68368, 42.4547 (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 Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • 1.2 MI NORTH OF WEST WHATELY GALENA VEIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68368, 42.4547
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siliceous Zones Associated With Williamsburg Granodiorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN QUARTZ IN UNDIFFERENTIATED SCHIST; SCHIST, MARBLE, QUARTZITE; AGE OF MINERALIZATION, NOT DETERMINED; PIT 3-4 FT. WIDE, STRIKE N 20-25 DEG. W; DIP 75 DEG. NE; FOUR LARGE PITS AND SEVERAL SMALLER ONES.

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

    WILLARD, M. E., 1956, USGS GQ 85

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLARD, M. E., 1956

Reporter information

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

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

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