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Pyrite Occurrence No. Fj-022

Occurrence in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10067760
MRDS ID W000594
Record type Site
Current site name Pyrite Occurrence No. Fj-022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.31732, 41.64693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Preston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TWO OUTCROPS OF PYRITIC QUARTZITE BED ABOUT 2000 FEET APART NOTED BY GATES. STRIKE OF SOUTHERN OUTCROP N. 35 DEG. EAST, DIP 58 DEG. NW. AT NORTHERN OUTCROP STRIKE N. 50 DEG. EAST, DIP 30 DEG. NW. DENSE, FINE GRAINED CARBONACEOUS QUARTZITE WITH CONSIDERABLE PYRITE AND MUSCOVITE, AND ANHEDRAL PORPHYROBLASTS OF MICROCLINE FAIRLY COMMON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.31732, 41.64693
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Carbonaceous Quartzite Bed.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; BED OF PYRITIC QUARTZITE THAT PROBABLY EXTENDS FOR MORE THAN 2000 FEET IN LENGTH, UNKNOWN THICKNESS AND WIDTH.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1952, "BEDROCK GEOL. NEW PRESTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. SERIES NO. 5, MAP, TEXT, P. 17

  • Reserve-Resource

    GATES, 1952

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GATES MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT INDICATE PYRITE OCCURRENCES BY SPECIAL SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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