Townsend Property
Hamden, Connecticut
41.4391°N 72.9044°W
Mine Overview
The Townsend Property is near Hamden, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Cheshire Mining District. The ore mined is composed of malachite and chalcocite. 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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Townsend Property Near Hamden, Connecticut
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Copper Metallic Primary
- Sulfur Non-Metallic Secondary
Deposit
FRITTS MAP AT 1:24, 000; LOCATES PROSPECT BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
FRITTS MAP AT 1:24, 000; LOCATES PROSPECT 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 DIABASE THIN, NEAR VERTICAL, DIKE ROCK THAT CUTS THICK, NEAR HORIZONTAL, UPPER TRIASSIC WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL. WEST ROCK DIABASE INTRUDES NEW HAVEN ARKOSE FORMATION WHICH IS UNDERLAIN BY SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN WEPAWAUG SCHIST OF BAN.
BUTTRESS DIABASE THIN, NEAR VERTICAL, DIKE ROCK THAT CUTS THICK, NEAR HORIZONTAL, UPPER TRIASSIC WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL. WEST ROCK DIABASE INTRUDES NEW HAVEN ARKOSE FORMATION WHICH IS 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.
- Class? 1st Order Name? 2nd Order Name? 3rd Order Name? 4th Order Name? Most Specific Name? Begin Time End Time Description?
- Associated Rock Plutonic Rock Mafic Intrusive Rock Diorite - Diabase Holocene Holocene -
- Host Rock Sedimentary Rock Clastic Sedimentary Rock Arkose - Arkose - - -
- Mineralization - - - - - Upper Triassic Upper Triassic -
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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Tallmans Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Underground
- 0.44 miles
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Cross-Rock Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Surface
- 2.13 miles
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Gaylord Copper Prospect
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- 2.72 miles
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Jinny Hill Barite Mine
- Barium-Barite commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Underground
- 3.01 miles
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Bellamy-Copper Valley Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Surface And Underground
- 3.81 miles
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Copper Valley Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Underground
- 4.19 miles
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Unnamed Copper Prospect
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- 4.91 miles
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Cheshire Barytes Company Mine
- Barium-Barite commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- 5.54 miles
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Golden Parlour Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Surface
- 7.14 miles
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Unnamed Copper Prospect
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- 7.25 miles
Nearby Places
- Hamden (2.91 miles away)
- North Haven (3.88 miles away)
- Cheshire (4.07 miles away)
- Wallingford (4.21 miles away)
- Bethany (4.76 miles away)
- Prospect (5.62 miles away)
- Woodbridge (7.97 miles away)
- Beacon Falls (7.98 miles away)
- Naugatuck (8.01 miles away)
- Meriden (8.44 miles away)
- New Haven (9.08 miles away)
- Seymour (9.18 miles away)
- North Branford (10.28 miles away)
- Oxford (10.80 miles away)
- Southington (10.90 miles away)
- Ansonia (10.97 miles away)
- Waterbury (11.00 miles away)
- Middlefield (11.19 miles away)
- East Haven (11.30 miles away)
- Durham (11.75 miles away)
- Branford (11.81 miles away)
- West Haven (11.81 miles away)
- Wolcott (11.90 miles away)
- Derby (12.48 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Cheshire Mining District (0 miles away)
- Woodbridge Mining District (3.34 miles away)
- Meriden Mining District (5.26 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
PROSPECT PIT ONLY; IN CONTACT ZONE OF DIABASE DIKE AND SANDSTONE BEDS, LOCATED AT BASE OF HILL ON STRIKE WITH TALLMAN COPPER MINE. DIKE TREND NORTH-SOUTH, PROBABLY DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL, SANDSTONE STRIKES N. 30 DEG. EAST, DIPS 15 DEG. SE. BARITE AND SILV.
PROSPECT PIT ONLY; IN CONTACT ZONE OF DIABASE DIKE AND SANDSTONE BEDS, LOCATED AT BASE OF HILL ON STRIKE WITH TALLMAN COPPER MINE. DIKE TREND NORTH-SOUTH, PROBABLY DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL, SANDSTONE STRIKES N. 30 DEG. EAST, DIPS 15 DEG. SE. BARITE AND SILVER MAY BE PRESENT.