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Pegmatite Quarry

Producer in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar
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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 10110412
MRDS ID W002619
Record type Site
Current site name Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10194291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.32978, 42.63442 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.4 MI. S.S.E. OF WARWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Millers River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • MINES ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME ORES POORER IN LEAD ARE RICHER IN AU AND AG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pegmatite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.32978, 42.63442
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SOME PLACES THE CARBONATES HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF CHERT AND THE STRATIFICATION IS OBSCURED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warwick - Royalton Area

Comments on the production information

  • 7) ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD ORE-DOLLAR VALUE ONLY BEFORE 1904. 8) TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THESE ITEMS.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORK SINCE 1948; OTHER MINES ARE ON THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HADLEY, J.B. 1949 "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT GRACE QUAD. MASS." USGS G.Q. NO. 3 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ANDESITE IS FOUND DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE BODY-PROBABLY YOUNGER THAN THE ORE. A GRANITE OR PORPHYRY MAY BE THE ORIGIN OF THE ORE. THE ORE IS FOUND AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND THE QUARTZITE. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D001324 BY JAMES E. ELLIOTT AND RECORD D003304 BY D.H. RICHTER BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.
Deposit QUARTZ, FELDSPAR, MICA ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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