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Copper Prospect No. Dj-012

Occurrence in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10067522
MRDS ID W000301
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect No. Dj-012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.88353, 41.54299 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Not Developed. Copper Prospect Along Fault That Strikes North 50 Deg. East, Dips 75 To 80 Deg. South.
  • NOT DEVELOPED. COPPER PROSPECT ALONG FAULT THAT STRIKES NORTH 50 DEG. EAST, DIPS 75 TO 80 DEG. SOUTH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

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 > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.88353, 41.54299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG. EAST
    Dip 75 TO 80 DEG. SOUTH

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: West Rock Diabase Sill, About 500 Feet Thick, Intrudes New Haven Arkose, Several Thousand Feet Thick, Occupying Conn. Valley Graben. Area Underlain By Either Silurian and Devonian Wepawaug Schist Or Cambrian and Ordovician Southington Mounta
  • GEOL.DESC: WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL, ABOUT 500 FEET THICK, INTRUDES NEW HAVEN ARKOSE, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET THICK, OCCUPYING CONN. VALLEY GRABEN. AREA UNDERLAIN BY EITHER SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OR CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN SOUTHINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHIST, WHICH INCLUDES ORDOVICIAN OR DEVONIAN PROSPECT GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER PROSPECT ONLY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1963, "GEOL. MAP OF SOUTHINGTON QUAD.", USGS, GQ-200, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    FRITTS, 1963

  • Deposit

    Fritts, C. E., 1963, "Geol. Map Of Southington Quad.", Usgs, Gq-200, Short TextFritts, C. E., 1963, "Geol. Map Of Southington Quad.", Usgs, Gq-200, Short Text

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Fritts Geol. Map At 1:24,000, Locates Fault and Copper Prospect By Symbol. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit FRITTS GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000, LOCATES FAULT AND COPPER PROSPECT BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Windolph, John F. U.S. Geological Survey Added Model_Num And Model

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