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Mount Prospect

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067868
MRDS ID W000742
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Prospect
Related records 10240351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.31654, 41.83299 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall(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

Comments on the location information

  • Cameron, E.N., 1943, Origin of sulphides in the nickel deposits of Mount Prospect, Connecticut: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 54, no. 5, p. 651-686.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.31654, 41.83299
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Area of 12 Square Miles Contains Six Small Deposits
  • GEOL.DESC: AREA OF 12 SQUARE MILES CONTAINS SIX SMALL DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1835-1966?

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1835 BUT ARE TOO SMALL AND TOO LOW IN GRADE TO BE COMMER. EXPLOITED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1835 BUT ARE TOO SMALL AND TOO LOW IN GRADE TO BE COMMERCIALLY EXPLOITABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Added page number
  • Removed duplicate entry of same reference

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey Added Duplicate Numbers
Updater 21-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey

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