Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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 10069183
MRDS ID W002632
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect
Related records 10268296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.89535, 42.6097 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HAWKS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plainfield(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
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.89535, 42.6097

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Charlemont - Heath Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUINN, A.W., 1945. "GEOLOGY OF THE CHARLEMONT - HEATH AREA MASS. "DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS - USGS COOP. GEOL. PROJECT OPEN FILE REPORT, MINES AND QUARRYS LOCATED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHLORITE SCHIST AND QUARTZ MUSCOVITE SCHIST; TRIAL PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.