Mine detail: Goshen-Lithia Area

Previously called 'Barrus Pegmatite'

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Location: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.46778, -72.83782
dep_id: 10194093
mas_id: 250150002
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Tin, Lithium
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Occurrence
other_matl: Beryl, Cassiterite, Clay, Cleavelandite, Columbite, Halloysite, Microcline, Muscovite, Pollucite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Spessartite, Spodumene, Tourmaline
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
disc_yr: 1823
References:
  • Deposit:: HESS, FRANK L., ET.AL., BU MINES IC 7232, 1943, PP. 38-42
  • Deposit:: SHAUB, B.M., AND SCHENK, B.J., POLLUCITE FROM LITHIA, MASS.:
  • Deposit:: MINERALOGIST: V.39 PP 661-664
  • Deposit:: KILLEEN, P.L., AND NEWMAN, W.L., TEXT FOR USGS MP-44, 1965,
  • Deposit:: NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS
  • Deposit:: NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81
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