Brookfield Lead Mine

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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 10068091
MRDS ID W001016
Record type Site
Current site name Brookfield Lead Mine
Related records 10119109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.40554, 41.46699 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(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 Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Information Lacking. Several Pits In Marble. Marble Generally Coarse Grained; Partly Calcitic, Partly Dolomitic; Many Layers of Mica Schist Where Calcitic.
  • INFORMATION LACKING. SEVERAL PITS IN MARBLE. MARBLE GENERALLY COARSE GRAINED; PARTLY CALCITIC, PARTLY DOLOMITIC; MANY LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST WHERE CALCITIC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Phlogopite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SOUTH PIT ORE SAMPLE TAG NO. BCT 200 GIVES (IN PERCENT): 0.7 FE, 0.03 MG, 0.01 TL, AND IN PARTS PER MILLION: 1.5 AG, 50 BA, GT 1000 BI, 15 CU, 5 NI, AND AT LOWER LIMIT OF DETECTION: CA, MN, BE, CO, CR, PB, SC, V, Y, ZR, NOT DETECTED WERE AS, AU, LA, MO, NB, SB, SN, SR, W, AND ZN. FOR ORE SAMPLE FROM NORTH PIT TAG NO. BCT 201 GIVES (IN PERCENT): 1.0 FE, 10 MG, 20 CA, 0.07 TI, AND IN PARTS PER MILLION: 150 MN, 100 BA, 20 CR, 7 CU, 5 MO, 10 NI, 100 SR, 10 V, 300 ZN, 20 ZR, AND AT LOWER LIMIT OF DETECTION: B, BI, CO, PB, SC, Y, AND NOT DETECTED: AG, AS, AU, BE, CD, LA, NB, SB, SN, AND W.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.40554, 41.46699

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brookfield

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, BUT HIGH GRADE GALENA ORE. SEE ANALYTICAL COMMENTS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE GALENA ORE REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAIRER, J. R., 1931, "MINERALS OF CONN.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. NO. 51, TEXT, PG. 107

  • Production

    PERCIVAL, 1842.

  • Deposit

    Schairer, J. R., 1931, "Minerals Of Conn.", Conn. Geol. Survey, Bull. No. 51, Text, Pg. 107.Schairer, J. R., 1931, "Minerals Of Conn.", Conn. Geol. Survey, Bull. No. 51, Text, Pg. 107.

  • Deposit

    Harte, C.R., 1945, "Conn. Minor Metals And Her Minerals," Conn. Society Of Civil Engineers, 61st Annual Report, Pg. 148-149Harte, C.R., 1945, "Conn. Minor Metals And Her Minerals," Conn. Society Of Civil Engineers, 61st Annual Report, Pg. 148-149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, Geochem. Sample Control Files, Job No. Hm 3336, Sample Tag No. Bct 200 and Bct 201 Submitted By R. Weeks. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit USGS, GEOCHEM. SAMPLE CONTROL FILES, JOB NO. HM 3336, SAMPLE TAG NO. BCT 200 AND BCT 201 SUBMITTED BY R. WEEKS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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