Mine detail: Mount Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 41.83299, -73.31654

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Ore: Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sulfides Of Hydrothermal
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1835-1966?

Geology

Host type:Schist,Gneiss

References

MRDSW000742
DEP10067868
Reference{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, USGS BULL. 1223,P.42}{Deposit:: Cornwall, H.R., 1966, USGS Bull. 1223,P.42}{Geology:: Cameron, E.N., 1943, Origin of sulphides in the nickel deposits of Mount Prospect, Connecticut: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 54, no. 5, p. 651-686.}{Production:: REF.(2)}
ReporterCoury, Anny B., Mchone, Nancy