Mine detail: Mount Prospect

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Location: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.83299, -73.31654
dep_id: 10067868
mrds_id: W000742
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sulfides Of Hydrothermal
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Reporter: Coury, Anny B., Mchone, Nancy
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
prod_yrs: 1835-1966?
References:
  • 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)
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