Gneiss Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110411
MRDS ID W002615
Record type Site
Current site name Gneiss Quarry
Related records 10243376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.74201, 42.61526 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF SHELBURNE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelburne Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.74201, 42.61526

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR TO SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Charlemont Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE IN CRUSHED AND ALTERED ZONE 200 FEET WIDE SOUTH OF MAIN FAULT (N 60 DEG W) IN QUARTZ MONZONITE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: RICHEST ORE IN OXIDIZED ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, 1956, "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SHELBURNE FALLS QUADRANGLE, MASS.", USGS GQ 87 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ, PIAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR, BIOTITE, HORNBLENDE. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC
Deposit WILSON, WHEELER, ROCKLAND MINES
Deposit First Production Year: 1869 (ARRASTRES AND STAMPMILL)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.