Mine detail: Deershead

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.61667, -73.59956

Resource(N)

Primary: Wollastonite
Tertiary: Garnet
Ore: Wollastonite
Gangue: Diopside, Garnet

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Grenville Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Anorthosite
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism, Metasomatism

References

MRDSI000138
DEP10023300
Reference{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.}{Deposit:: SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-30.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.