Kaolin Quarry

Producer in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Brick Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110386
MRDS ID W002558
Record type Site
Current site name Kaolin Quarry
Related records 10170854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.92924, 42.17776 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI E.S.E. OF BLANDFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blandford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pegmatite In Granite To Good Quality Kaolin

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.92924, 42.17776

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Western Mass Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE, MASS - CONN" USGS GEOL ATLAS, FOLIO 50 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT PARAGRAPH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MICA, FELDSPAR, QUARTZ ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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.