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Burnett Fluorite Chalcopyrite Occurrence

Occurrence in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Iron, 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 10068189
MRDS ID W001136
Record type Site
Current site name Burnett Fluorite Chalcopyrite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.21954, 41.28943 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saugatuck(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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY. WOLFRAMITE CRYSTALS REPORTED; IN SAME GEOLOGIC SITUATION AS OLD TUNGSTEN MINE ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO SW, WHERE WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE MINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.21954, 41.28943
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Quartz Along Contact Of Thick Marble Bed And Underlying Amphibolite Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BULK OF COLLINSVILLE HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED TUFFS AND PYROCLASTICS WITH NUMEROUS THICK AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE, AND QUARTZITE LAYERS INTERBEDDED IN UPPERMOST PART OF SECTION; OVERLAIN BY THE STRAITS SCHIST OF HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED CLAY RICH SHALES AND SOME AMPHIBOLITES AND MARBLES OF CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trumbull

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF SULFIDES AVAILABLE FROM THIN ZONE UNDERLYING SMALL MARBLE REMNANT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, W. P., 1968, "BEDROCK GEOL. LONG HILL QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 24, MAP, TEXT

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOBBS, 1901.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROWLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 SHOWS MARBLE OCCURRENCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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