Iron Mine Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084586
MRDS ID W101975
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mine Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.46615, 41.99999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Providence(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pawtucket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackstone River(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Providence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.46615, 41.99999

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CU DEPOSIT-COPPER HILL MINE, STRABOUND DISCORDANT HYDROTHERMAL, IN LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH GREENSCHISTS. QUINN & YOUNG, 1937, AM MINERALOGIST, 22, P279-289

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB--D000213

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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