Bellamy-Copper Valley Mine
Cheshire, Connecticut
41.4868°N 72.8674°W
Mine Overview
The Bellamy-Copper Valley Mine is near Cheshire, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Cheshire Mining District. The Bellamy-Copper Valley Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Past operations took place from 1712 to 1724, 1901 to 1903. Production size when active was considered to be small. The ore mined is composed of bornite, malachite and barite. Associated rock in this area is diabase from the Holocene epoch 11,784 years ago to present. The New England Upland Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
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Bellamy-Copper Valley Mine Near Cheshire, Connecticut
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Barium-Barite Non-Metallic Primary
- Copper Metallic Primary
- Sulfur Non-Metallic Primary
Deposit
FRITTS MAP AT ALMOST 1:50, 000 LOCATES MINE AND ADIT BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
FRITTS MAP AT ALMOST 1:50, 000 LOCATES MINE AND ADIT BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
Location Info
- New Haven , Connecticut County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States Connecticut New Haven
Development
TOTAL$: US
Geology
BUTTRESS INTRUSIVE, THIN, NEAR VERTICAL, DIABASE DIKE WHICH CUTS THICK, NEAR HORIZONTAL UPPER TRIASSIC WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL WHICH INTRUDES NEW HAVEN SEDIMENTARY BED. NEW HAVEN ARKOSE UNDERLAIN BY SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OF BAN.
BUTTRESS INTRUSIVE, THIN, NEAR VERTICAL, DIABASE DIKE WHICH CUTS THICK, NEAR HORIZONTAL UPPER TRIASSIC WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL WHICH INTRUDES NEW HAVEN SEDIMENTARY BED. NEW HAVEN ARKOSE UNDERLAIN BY SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OF BANDED ARGILLACEOUS, SILICEOUS, AND MINOR PYRITIC CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, OR OLDER SCHISTS.
Rocks
Geological materials at the site.
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Appalachian Highlands New England Province New England Upland Section
Reserve-resource
NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF LOW-GRADE COPPER ORE PRESENT.
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Gaylord Copper Prospect
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
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Jinny Hill Barite Mine
- Barium-Barite commodity Site type Mine status
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- 1.15 miles
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Cross-Rock Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Surface
- 1.75 miles
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Cheshire Barytes Company Mine
- Barium-Barite commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- 3.20 miles
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Tallmans Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Underground
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Golden Parlour Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
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Townsend Property
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
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- Void Filling And Replacement
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Unnamed Copper Prospect
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- 3.96 miles
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New Haven Mineral Company Barite Mine
- Barium-Barite commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- 4.60 miles
Nearby Places
- Cheshire (1.90 miles away)
- Wallingford (3.07 miles away)
- Meriden (4.72 miles away)
- Prospect (5.85 miles away)
- Hamden (6.45 miles away)
- North Haven (6.62 miles away)
- Southington (7.58 miles away)
- Bethany (8.07 miles away)
- Middlefield (8.30 miles away)
- Naugatuck (9.47 miles away)
- Durham (9.63 miles away)
- Wolcott (10.07 miles away)
- Beacon Falls (10.55 miles away)
- Waterbury (10.71 miles away)
- Berlin (11.22 miles away)
- Kensington (11.45 miles away)
- Woodbridge (11.80 miles away)
- North Branford (12.15 miles away)
- Middletown (12.36 miles away)
- Seymour (12.46 miles away)
- New Haven (12.73 miles away)
- New Britain (12.86 miles away)
- Plainville (12.96 miles away)
- Portland (13.15 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Cheshire Mining District (0 miles away)
- Meriden Mining District (1.79 miles away)
Footnotes
* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.
** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.
1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.
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Notes
IN 1712 SHAFT 90 FEET DEEP, TWO LARGE STOPES. IN 1836 SHAFT CLEANED OUT. SPORADIC SPECULATION TO ABOUT 1901 WITH ADIT OPENING ON WEST SIDE OF 3FT. DIKE. MINERALIZATION EXTENDS SEVERAL FEET EITHER SIDE OF DIKE. STRIKE OF DIKE N 75 DEG. EAST, DIP PROBABLY.
IN 1712 SHAFT 90 FEET DEEP, TWO LARGE STOPES. IN 1836 SHAFT CLEANED OUT. SPORADIC SPECULATION TO ABOUT 1901 WITH ADIT OPENING ON WEST SIDE OF 3FT. DIKE. MINERALIZATION EXTENDS SEVERAL FEET EITHER SIDE OF DIKE. STRIKE OF DIKE N 75 DEG. EAST, DIP PROBABLY NEAR VERTICAL. ADDITIONAL PROSPECT PIT ON STRIKE, ABOUT 1, 500 FEET SOUTHWEST OF ADIT.