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Kent Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Titanium, Metal
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105439
MRDS ID W000126
Record type Site
Current site name Kent Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.4476, 41.68749 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ON TOPO MAP DEPRESSION ON WEST SIDE OF ORE HILL 600 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 300 FT. WIDE EAST-WEST; ABOUT 110 FT. DEEP, 1000 FT NORTH, SMALL PIT 200 FT. LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 100 FT WIDE EAST-WEST; ABOUT 30 FT DEEP, SHAFT REPORTED 100 FT DEEP AT MAIN PIT; FLAGGY QUARTZITE EAST SIDE OF PIT STRIKES N 10 DEG. E, DIP 60 DEG. E. DEPOSIT DIFFERENT FROM LIMONITE DEPOSITS FURTHER WEST DEFINITELY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMESTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Melanterite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Siderite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Rutile Unknown

Analytical data

Result FE 56.35%, MN 0.15%, SI02 6.14%, S 0.11%, P205 0.72%CAO NOT DETECTED, MGO TRACE, AL203 1.22%, H20 11.44%.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.4476, 41.68749
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 10 DEG. E.
    Dip 60 DEG. E.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Mass Weathering Of Mineralized Fault Zone Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE IN MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE OF POUGHQUAG ORTHOQUARTZITE AND OLDER PRECAMBRIAN INTERLAYERED GRANITIC GNEISS AND META SEDIMENTARY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Western Connecticut

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ABOUT 250,000 TONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE; PROBABLY SOME LOW GRADE FE ORE STILL PRESENT IN FAULT ZONE. STUDY NEEDED

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITTON, W.E., 1931, "MINERALS OF CONN.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 51, PG. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1955, "KENT", 1:24,000, MAP DOES SHOW MINE PITS AS EXCAVATIONS. MINE LOCATION NOT SHOWN ON HOBBS MAP; FAULTS NOT SHOWN ON N.Y.S. GEOLOGIC MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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