South Royalston Mica Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069351
MRDS ID W006819
Record type Site
Current site name South Royalston Mica Mine
Related records 10194363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.14893, 42.63192 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Worcester(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Royalston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Millers River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Worcester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.14893, 42.63192

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS, IRREGULAR
    Plunge N 55 W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Pegmetite Belt, Royalston Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT QUARRY

Comments on development

  • 700 TONS EXCAVATED, MOST ON DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BILLINGS, M.P. 1941, PEGMATITES OF MASSACHUSETTS", USGS AND MASS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS, COOP. GEOL. REPORT BULL. NO. 5. LOC. INDEX MAP FIG. 5, PG. 8, 9, 14

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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