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Whetstone Quarry

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. 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 10110410
MRDS ID W002612
Record type Site
Current site name Whetstone Quarry
Related records 10146356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.90563, 42.45692 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI S.W. OF CUMMINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington(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 Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IN OXIDIZED QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.90563, 42.45692
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS COMPLEXLY FOLDED AND FAULTED THRUSTING(?). SHALE, QUARTZITE, SS, DOL ORE, UNDER GOLCONDA THRUST. RED SANDSTONE, 1500 FEET. RHYOLITE, AUGITE ANDESITE (CAPS MOUNTAINS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central West Mass

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSTANTIAL TONNAGES OF LOW GRADE ORE RESERVES (ROBERTS AND ARNOLD, 1965, P. 1339)

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTRICT INCLUDES BATTLE MOUNTAIN RANGE, OPEN PIT SINCE 1967 ORE BODIES ARRANGED ZONALLY AROUND MAJOR INTRUSIVE AREAS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 4 MINERALOGIC VEIN GROUPS: SILVER-LEAD, COPPER (WITH SOME GOLD); GOLD; ANTIMONY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HATCH, N.L., 1969, "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WORTHINGTON QUAD., HAMPSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES, MASS.", USGS GQ 857 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT PARAGRAPH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1866 (CU AND AG); 1910-AU
Deposit MICACEOUS QUARTZITE AND QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE BIOTITE GARNETT SCHIST ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: PORPHYRY CU, SKARN-RELATED.
Deposit ORIGINALLY MINED FOR CU AND AG; LATER AU PRINCIPAL METAL. EXPOSED ROCKS APPEAR TO BE AUTOCHTHONOUS THRUST PLATE
Deposit First Production Year: 1868 (CU) 1910 (AU)

Reporter information

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

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