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Cone Limestone Mine

Past Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Iron, Magnesite, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069334
MRDS ID W006796
Record type Site
Current site name Cone Limestone Mine
Related records 10170712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.37315, 42.34998 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockbridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(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 Massachusetts Berkshire

Comments on the location information

  • RICHMOND TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Magnesite Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Replacing Schist

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.37315, 42.34998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 167.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Seemingly Controlled By Vertical Fault In Limestone Near Horizontal Thrust Fault Zone Between Limestone And Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1827

Mining district

District name Richmond Iron District, Near West Stockbridge

Production statistics

  • Year 1880
    Material FE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.8 % Fe, .10 % Phosphorous
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Major Iron Iron 42wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND, 5 SHAFTS: (1) 1 VERTICAL SOUTH OF PIT (PLATE 3); FIRST SUNK IN 1873, 70 FT DEEP: (2) 2 SHAFTS IN PIT UNDER WATER SW CORNER OF PIT: (3) 1 SHAFT INCLINED 45 DEG SE UNDER WATER NE PART OF PIT: (4) 1 SHAFT SOUTHEAST OF NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF PIT; VERTICAL, ABOUT 200 FT DEEP. LAST SHAFT USED

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE OLDEST AND LARGEST OPEN PIT 1827-1904, UNDERGROUND 1873-1907, ACCIDENTLY FLOODED IN 1908 AND CLOSED

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N30 HUDSON OR BERKSHIRE SCHISTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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