Purgatory Quartz Prospect

Prospect in Hillsborough county in New Hampshire, United States with commodity Silica
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 10295859
MAS/MILS ID 0330110019
Record type Site
Current site name Purgatory Quartz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.54027, 43.06417 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsborough(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goffstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Concord(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Winnipesaukee River(hydrologic unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic accounting unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Hillsborough

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.54027, 43.06417

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEYERS, T.R., SOME NEW HAMPSHIRE QUARTZ DEPOSITS, N.H. MIN-

  • Deposit

    ERAL RESOURCE SURV., 1963, P.10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 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.