Barrus Property Lithia Mine

Occurrence in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Lithium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067344
MRDS ID W000056
Record type Site
Current site name Barrus Property Lithia Mine
Related records 10121272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.8398, 42.46859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield 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
Lithium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.8398, 42.46859

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Unknown

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITE IN GRAPHITIC SCHIST; SPODUMENE CRYSTALS 18 INCHES LONG; GRANITIZATION PROBABLY DURING DEVONIAN PERIOD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Pegmatite

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B. K., 1898, USGS FOLIO 50

  • Reserve-Resource

    BILLINGS, M. P., 1941

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.