Buck Hill Iron Prospect

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Iron
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167455
MAS/MILS ID 0090050098
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Hill Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.41454, 41.80059 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Stockbridge Marble (Including Inwood Marble)

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHARON,H.L., 1944, REP. OF GEOPHYS. WORK AT BUCK HILL, CONN

  • Deposit

    91.862

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.