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Berlin Moore's Mill Barite Mine

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067521
MRDS ID W000299
Record type Site
Current site name Berlin Moore's Mill Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79352, 41.61899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meriden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Workings Located In Stream Bed; Vein of Massive Barite, Width 6 Inches (Shepard, 1837), Width Large (Percival, 1842). Fault Strike N. 40 To 45 Deg. East, Dip Near Vertical. 1000 Feet To Northeast Along Fault Is Mattabesset River Lead Mine.
  • WORKINGS LOCATED IN STREAM BED; VEIN OF MASSIVE BARITE, WIDTH 6 INCHES (SHEPARD, 1837), WIDTH LARGE (PERCIVAL, 1842). FAULT STRIKE N. 40 TO 45 DEG. EAST, DIP NEAR VERTICAL. 1000 FEET TO NORTHEAST ALONG FAULT IS MATTABESSET RIVER LEAD MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79352, 41.61899
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 40 TO 45 DEG. EAST
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Width 6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Closely Faulted Area With Holyoke Basalt In Contact With Younger Upper Triassic Hampden Basalt. In Area Triassic Rocks Perhaps Several Thousand Feet Thick. Basement Unknown But Consists of Metamorphosed Paleozoic and Archean Sedimentary And
  • GEOL.DESC: CLOSELY FAULTED AREA WITH HOLYOKE BASALT IN CONTACT WITH YOUNGER UPPER TRIASSIC HAMPDEN BASALT. IN AREA TRIASSIC ROCKS PERHAPS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET THICK. BASEMENT UNKNOWN BUT CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED PALEOZOIC AND ARCHEAN SEDIMENTARY AND IGNEOUS ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN, LATE 1800'S

Mining district

District name Berlin

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF BARITE PRODUCED FROM THIN ORE ZONE. HIGH GRADE BARITE ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES OF HIGH-GRADE BARITE ORE AVAILABLE FROM THIN ORE ZONE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSHAW, P. M., 1968, "GEOL. MAP OF MERIDEN QUAD", USGS, GQ-738, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SHEPARD, 1837

  • Deposit

    Hanshaw, P. M., 1968, "Geol. Map Of Meriden Quad", Usgs, Gq-738, Short TextHanshaw, P. M., 1968, "Geol. Map Of Meriden Quad", Usgs, Gq-738, Short Text

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Hanshaw Map At 1:24,000 Does Not Locate Mine Site Which Is In Bed of Mattabesset River 200 Feet West of Chamberlain Highway Bridge (Personal Communication). ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit HANSHAW MAP AT 1:24,000 DOES NOT LOCATE MINE SITE WHICH IS IN BED OF MATTABESSET RIVER 200 FEET WEST OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGHWAY BRIDGE (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Windolph, John F. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 30-MAR-2003 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Combined This Record With Information From Record W100250: Then Deleted Record W100250
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num & Model, Loc. Unverified; Noted Duplicate Record Number W100250; Also See Nearby Deposit With Record Number W000305
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

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