Copper Mine No. Di-008

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10068074
MRDS ID W000998
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mine No. Di-008
Related records 10288764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.91553, 41.83498 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collinsville(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
Copper Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Information Lacking. Percival Notes Copper Disseminations In What Is Now the Straits Schist Bed In the Vicinity of Collinsville.
  • INFORMATION LACKING. PERCIVAL NOTES COPPER DISSEMINATIONS IN WHAT IS NOW THE STRAITS SCHIST BED IN THE VICINITY OF COLLINSVILLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 13
USGS model code 7a
Deposit model name Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu
Mark3 model number 19

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.91553, 41.83498

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Younger Granite Believed To Be Mostly Formed In Situ.
  • GEOL.DESC: YOUNGER GRANITE BELIEVED TO BE MOSTLY FORMED IN SITU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Canton

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER ORE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE FROM MILES LONG SULFIDE ZONE OF UNKNOWN GRADE, THICKNESS AND WIDTH.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERCIVAL, J. G., 1842, "REPORT", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAP, TEXT, PG. 77

  • Production

    STANLEY, 1964

  • Deposit

    Percival, J. G., 1842, "Report", Conn. Geol. Survey, Map, Text, Pg. 77.Percival, J. G., 1842, "Report", Conn. Geol. Survey, Map, Text, Pg. 77.

  • Deposit

    Stanley, R.S., 1964, The Bedrock Geology Of The Collinsville Quad., State Geological And Natural History Survey Of Conn. Quad. Report No. 16, Text And MapStanley, R.S., 1964, The Bedrock Geology Of The Collinsville Quad., State Geological And Natural History Survey Of Conn. Quad. Report No. 16, Text And Map

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Stanley'S Map At 1:24000 Locates Mine By Symbol. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit STANLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY 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 Added Model_Num And Model
Updater 21-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey

Beyond USGS

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