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Copper Occurrences No. Ek-003

Occurrence in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068212
MRDS ID W001160
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Occurrences No. Ek-003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.07053, 41.41199 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naugatuck(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 New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Information Lacking. Sulfide Occurrences Noted Along Road Cut In Narrow Valley For At Least 1500 Feet; Maybe For Several Miles; Thickness and Width of Sulfide Zone Also Unknown.
  • INFORMATION LACKING. SULFIDE OCCURRENCES NOTED ALONG ROAD CUT IN NARROW VALLEY FOR AT LEAST 1500 FEET; MAYBE FOR SEVERAL MILES; THICKNESS AND WIDTH OF SULFIDE ZONE ALSO UNKNOWN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.07053, 41.41199
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Tight Folded Belt Bordered By Major Fault Along Which Is Intruded Triassic Dolerite Dikes; Also Small Pegmatites. On Carr'S Map, Collinsville Labled Prospect Gneiss. Near Contact With the Overlying Cambrian Ordovician the Straits Schist For
  • GEOL.DESC: TIGHT FOLDED BELT BORDERED BY MAJOR FAULT ALONG WHICH IS INTRUDED TRIASSIC DOLERITE DIKES; ALSO SMALL PEGMATITES. ON CARR'S MAP, COLLINSVILLE LABLED PROSPECT GNEISS. NEAR CONTACT WITH THE OVERLYING CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN THE STRAITS SCHIST FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beacon Falls

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNKNOWN QUANTITY, BUT TRACES OF CHALCOPYRITE WITH PYRITE NOTED ALONG CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE; THICKNESS AND WIDTH OF OCCURRENCE ALSO UNKNOWN. STUDY NEEDED.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERCIVAL, J. G., 1842, "REPORT", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAP, TEXT, PG. 40 TO 43

  • Reserve-Resource

    CARR, 1960

  • Deposit

    Carr, M. H., 1960, "Bedrock Geol. Naugatuck Quad.", Conn. Geol. Survey, Quad. Report No. 9, Map, Pg. 17.Carr, M. H., 1960, "Bedrock Geol. Naugatuck Quad.", Conn. Geol. Survey, Quad. Report No. 9, Map, Pg. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Carr'S Map At 1:24000 Does Not Indicate Occurrences By Special Symbol. Percival Notes Sulfide Bearing Zone Several Miles Long. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit CARR'S MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT INDICATE OCCURRENCES BY SPECIAL SYMBOL. PERCIVAL NOTES SULFIDE BEARING ZONE SEVERAL MILES LONG. ; 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

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