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Sphalerite Vein Quartz Occurrence No. Dj-023

Occurrence in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068022
MRDS ID W000929
Record type Site
Current site name Sphalerite Vein Quartz Occurrence No. Dj-023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.82952, 41.70721 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Britain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. FAULT TRENDS NORTH; ONE OF MANY IN AREA. FAULT IN SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE AND SHALE BEDS, ABOUT 270 TO 340 FEET THICK, WHICH ARE UNDERLAIN BY BASALT FLOWS, ABOUT 200 FEET THICK, WITH OCCURRENCE LOCATED NEAR CONTACT OF OVERLYING BASALT FLOWS, ABOUT 250 FEET THICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Prehnite Ore
Quartz Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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) -72.82952, 41.70721
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLOSELY FAULTED CONN. VALLEY BASIN. SHUTTLE MEADOW UNDERLAIN BY TALCOTT BASALT FLOWS; NEAR CONTACT WITH OVERLYING HOLYOKE BASALT FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farmington

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW GRADE SPHALERITE ORE AVAILABLE FROM SMALL FAULT ZONE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, H. E., 1966, "BEDROCK GEOL. NEW BRITAIN QUAD.", USGS, GQ 494

  • Reserve-Resource

    SIMPSON, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMPSON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES OCCURRENCE BY LETTER 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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