Mine detail: Betts Manganese Mines

Previously called 'Taconic Manganese Mine'

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Location: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.49526, -72.9473
dep_id: 10067329
mrds_id: W000039
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ankerite, Cummingtonite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Surface
alteration: Regional Metamorphism
conc_proc: Local Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Talcose And Mica Slates
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
Structure: East Limb Of Berkshire Anticlinorium ; Reg.Trends: North To Northeast, Drag Folds
tectonic: East To Southeast Dipping Homocline
Year first produced: 1925
disc_yr: 1830
References:
  • Deposit:: HATCH, N.L., 1969, USGS GQ 85
  • Deposit:: 1952 OTHER CRITTENDEN, M., USGS, RECON AND COMPIL
  • Production:: QUINN, A.W., 1945
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