Forsyth Mine

Past Producer in Grafton county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174651
MAS/MILS ID 0330090012
Record type Site
Current site name Forsyth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.02868, 44.20327 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grafton(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Grafton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.02868, 44.20327

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Inferred 7000mt ore
    Total resources 7000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.9799 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977
    Silver Ag 89 g/mt Silver Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS FILE ,JULY 1944.

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES INTERNAL MEMO AREA I MINERAL RESOURCES O

  • Deposit

    PITTSBURGH,PA,DEC.1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ENTRY DATE JUNE 1977 BY DAVID C.UHRIN MATRIX TONNAGE AND GRADE INFORMATION WAS BASED REF.REC. 701-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.