Mine detail: Betts Manganese Mines

Previously called 'Taconic Manganese Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.49526, -72.9473

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Ankerite, Cummingtonite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1830

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Structure:	East Limb Of Berkshire Anticlinorium ; Reg.Trends: North To Northeast, Drag Folds
Tectonic:	East To Southeast Dipping Homocline
Alteration processes:	Regional Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W000039
DEP	10067329
Reference	{Deposit:: HATCH, N.L., 1969, USGS GQ 85}{Deposit:: 1952 OTHER CRITTENDEN, M., USGS, RECON AND COMPIL}{Production:: QUINN, A.W., 1945}
Reporter	*gostino, John P.