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Davis Mines

Past Producer in Franklin county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194165
MRDS ID W000062
MAS/MILS ID 0250110006
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Mines
Related records 10110223

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.86562, 42.68278 (WGS84)
Elevation 409
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heath(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

Comments on the location information

  • DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE 1976. REC. 030, COLS 14-30--LAT. & LONGIT. COORDINATES ARE FOR NEARBY TOWN WHICH IS CHARLEMONT, MASS. DAVIS MINE IS LOCATED APPRO 19,730 FT (3.74 MILES), N 6 E OF CHARLEMONT. SOURCE OF INFO IS QUINN, A. (1945) F16. 2, BACK-UP FILES. REC. 030, COLS. 47-48, REF. PT. & PRECISION REFER TO MINE L RELATIVE TO LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ENTERED IN TH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.86562, 42.68278
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUINN , A.W., DEPOSITS OF THE "MINERAL BELT" OF WESTERN MASS

  • Deposit

    GEOL. IN MASS., O.C. FARQUAR,ED.,1967, PUBL., UNIV. MASS. GR

  • Deposit

    QUINN, A.W., 1945,GEOLOGY OF THE CHARLEMONT-HEATH AREA (WITH

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PYRITE AND COPPER DEPOSITS) OPEN FILE R

  • Deposit

    MASS. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS, ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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