Turner Falls Copper Occurence North

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite
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 10067341
MRDS ID W000053
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Falls Copper Occurence North
Related records 10170593

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.56257, 42.60887 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(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
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.56257, 42.60887

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION NEAR CONTACT OF UNDERLYING DIABASE PIT 5-6 FT WIDE; STRIKE N 80 E; DIP 90 DEG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STUDY NEEDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., 1832, GEOL. OF MASS., AM. JOUR. SCI. AND ARTS, VOL. 22, NO. 1, P. 60

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLARD, M. E., 1952

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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