Silica Quarry

Producer in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069154
MRDS ID W002587
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Quarry
Related records 10218771

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.9787, 42.27081 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 MI. S.S.E. OF CHESTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Qtz. Vein In Savoy Schist (Western Pegmatite Belt)
    Rock description Qtz. Vein In Savoy Schist (Western Pegmatite Belt)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.9787, 42.27081

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Western Pegmatite Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K. 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE MASS. - CONN." USGS GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 50 QUARRY LOCATION ONLY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN QUARTZ ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.