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Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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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. 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 10067534
MRDS ID W000317
Record type Site
Current site name No Name Given

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.54952, 41.56666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Haddam(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 Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Niccolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.54952, 41.56666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1762 TO 1853

Mining district

District name Near Chatham

Comments on the production information

  • OLD MINE ALL CAVED AND COVERED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL HIGH-GRADE ORE POCKET, HIGH IN NI AND CONTAINING SOME CO.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BILBREY, J. H. JR., BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103, P. 297

  • Production

    VHAY, CORNWALL, MILLER, UNPUB MS REPT, 1968

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO-NI REPORTS; REFERENCE (2)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

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