Mine detail: Davis Pyrite Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

42.68276, -72.86563

Resource(B)

Primary:	Sulfur, Iron
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1832

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1882

Geology

Host rock:	Hawley Schist, Interbedded Amphibolites, Greenstones, And Feldspathic Schists And Granulites, Mica Schists
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	East Limb Of Berkshire Anticlinorium ; Reg.Trends: Northeast, None
Tectonic:	Southeast Dipping Homocline
Alteration processes:	Regional Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W000062
DEP	10110223
Reference	{Deposit:: HATCH, N. L., JR., 1968, USGS GQ 73}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP HATCH, N. L., JR., MAP AND TEX}{Production:: WEED, W. H., 1911}
Reporter	*gostino, John P.