Charlemont-Heath Area

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069174
MRDS ID W002620
Record type Site
Current site name Charlemont-Heath Area
Related records 10291278

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.85535, 42.68026 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.4 MI EAST OF DAVIS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heath(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.85535, 42.68026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Charlemont - Heath Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATCH JR, N.L. AND HARTSHORN, J.H. 1968 "HEATH QUAD., MASS. - VT." USGS GQ 735 MAP AT 1:24,000, LOCATION OF PROSPECT ONLY, SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMPHIBOLITES, GREENSTONES, GELDSPATHIC SCHISTS AND GRANULITES ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

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.