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Cheever Mines

Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067356
MRDS ID W000070
Record type Site
Current site name Cheever Mines
Related records 10267477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.35787, 42.36248 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockbridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Berkshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.35787, 42.36248
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mass Weathering Of Sideritic Limestone In Fault Blocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POST PALEOZOIC; SIDERITE REPLACING LIMESTONE, WEATHERED TO LIMONITE OR GOETHITE; SEEMINGLY FAULT CONTROLLED BLANKETS; OPEN PIT 1,050X30X75 DEEP; 4 SHAFTS, 100 - 160 FT. DEEP. ONLY DOWN-FAULTED BLOCKS STILL CONTAIN ORE MATERIAL; UP-FAULTED BLOCKS ERODED BY GLACIAL ACTION TO UNWEATHERED MATERIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Richmond Iron Ore

Production statistics

  • Year 1886
    Period 1865 - 1886
    Material ORE ACC
    Description Cp_Grade: ^61.0 - 65.6 % Fe2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 63wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE ROCK ORE, 20.7% TO 26.7% FE; APPEARS ABOUT 1 MILLION TONS REMOVED FROM ALL WORKINGS, SEE CHUTE, N. F., 1945, P. 34, 35-41

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT TESTED FOR ZINC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, W. H., 1907, "IRON ORES - SALISBURY", ECON. GEOL., V.2

  • Production

    HOBBS, W. H., 1907, P. 162, 174

Reporter information

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

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