Mine detail: Davis Pyrite Mines

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Location: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.68276, -72.86563
dep_id: 10110223
mrds_id: W000062
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur, Iron
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: POD
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Regional Metamorphism
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Sericite Schist On West, Chlorite Schist On East
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_unit: Hawley Schist, Interbedded Amphibolites, Greenstones, And Feldspathic Schists And Granulites, Mica Schists
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: East Limb Of Berkshire Anticlinorium ; Reg.Trends: Northeast, None
tectonic: Southeast Dipping Homocline
Year first produced: 1882
disc_yr: 1832
References:
  • Deposit:: HATCH, N. L., JR., 1968, USGS GQ 73
  • Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP HATCH, N. L., JR., MAP AND TEX
  • Production:: WEED, W. H., 1911
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