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Silver Prospect No. Dk-019

Occurrence in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067795
MRDS ID W000633
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Prospect No. Dk-019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.84897, 41.30055 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(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
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRENCH ABOUT 250 FEET LONG INTO HILLSIDE OF TRAP ROCK ABOUT 1860. TRENCH IN FINE, SOFT SHALE, ENDS AGAINST FINE GRAINED DRAB, SANDSTONE, PROBABLY THERMALLY BLEACHED. SITE NEAR CONTACT WITH MAFIC INTRUSIVE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.84897, 41.30055
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porosity Zone Adjacent To Mafic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HOLYOKE INTRUSIVE YOUNGER THAN SHUTTLE MEADOW SEDIMENT FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Haven

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY SOME SILVER PRESENT IN BLEACH ZONE. NEEDS STUDY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOVEY'S MAP AT ABOUT 1:45000 LOCATES PROSPECT BY LETTER. ; 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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