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Upper Triassic Copper Prospects No. Cj-053

Occurrence in Middlesex 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 10067764
MRDS ID W000599
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Triassic Copper Prospects No. Cj-053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.53452, 41.52599 (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
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Information Lacking. Dolerite Dike About 2 Miles Long, 125 Feet Wide, Trends N 25 Deg. East, Dips 50 To 55 Deg. W. Additional Prospect 2600 Feet Ne, Adjacent To Dike.
  • INFORMATION LACKING. DOLERITE DIKE ABOUT 2 MILES LONG, 125 FEET WIDE, TRENDS N 25 DEG. EAST, DIPS 50 TO 55 DEG. W. ADDITIONAL PROSPECT 2600 FEET NE, ADJACENT TO DIKE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Pigeonite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.53452, 41.52599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG. EAST
    Dip 50 TO 55 DEG. W.
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 125M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Dike Cuts Across Regional Geology
  • GEOL.DESC: DIKE CUTS ACROSS REGIONAL GEOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years NONE

Mining district

District name East Hampton

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY MINOR COPPER PROSPECTS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF COPPER ORE

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUGARD, JR., F., 1958, "PEGMATITES OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN.," USGS BULL. 1042-Q, MAP, TEXT

  • Deposit

    Stugard, Jr., F., 1958, "Pegmatites Of Middletown, Conn.," USGS Bull. 1042-Q, Map, TextStugard, Jr., F., 1958, "Pegmatites Of Middletown, Conn.," USGS Bull. 1042-Q, Map, Text

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Stugard'S Geol. Map At 1:24000 Locates Prospects. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES PROSPECTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Added Model_Num And Model

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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