Soapstone Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110405
MRDS ID W002600
Record type Site
Current site name Soapstone Quarry
Related records 10268050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.97536, 42.18248 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES WEST 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
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyroxene To Actinolite To Steatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.97536, 42.18248

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 SHORT PARAGRAPH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORNBLENDE SCHIST (AMPHIBOLITE) AND SOAPSTONE ; 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.