Unnamed Copper Mine
Canton Valley, Connecticut
41.8349°N 72.9155°W
Mine Overview
This unnamed copper mine is near Canton Valley, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Canton Mining District. The Unnamed Copper Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be small. The ore mined is composed of chalcopyrite with waste material consisting primarily of plagioclase, biotite and muscovite. Associated rock in this area is granite from the Lower Devonian epoch 419.20 to 393.30 million years ago. The New England Upland Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
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Unnamed Copper Mine Near Canton Valley, Connecticut
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Copper Metallic Primary
- Sulfur Non-Metallic Primary
Deposit
STANLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
STANLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
Location Info
- Hartford , Connecticut County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States Connecticut Hartford
Development
TOTAL$: US
Geology
YOUNGER GRANITE BELIEVED TO BE MOSTLY FORMED IN SITU.
YOUNGER GRANITE BELIEVED TO BE MOSTLY FORMED IN SITU.
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 Granitoid Granite - Granite Lower Devonian Lower Devonian -
- Host Rock Metamorphic Rock Schist - - Schist - - -
- Mineralization - - - - - Upper Ordovician Upper Ordovician -
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Appalachian Highlands New England Province New England Upland Section
Reserve-resource
INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE FROM MILES LONG SULFIDE ZONE OF UNKNOWN GRADE, THICKNESS AND WIDTH.
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Unnamed Lead Mine
- Lead commodity Site type Mine status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Surface
- 0.77 miles
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Unnamed Asbestos Mine
- Asbestos commodity Site type Mine status
- Litchfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 3.45 miles
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Bristol Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Paleozoic Replacement Eve
- Underground
- 7.90 miles
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Unnamed Lead Mine
- Lead commodity Site type Mine status
- Litchfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 8.47 miles
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Dorvel Metallurgical Processing Plant
- Copper commodity Site type Plant status
- Litchfield, Connecticut
- Smelting Plant
- (Smelter-Pyrometallurgy)
- Processing Plant
- 8.49 miles
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Unnamed Magnetite Occurrence
- Iron commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- 9.76 miles
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Sphalerite Vein Quartz Occurrence
- Sulfur commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- 9.87 miles
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Magnetite Iron Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Surface
- 10.20 miles
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Higley Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Breccia Filling And Replacement
- Surface
- 11.15 miles
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American Steel And Aluminum Processing Plant
- Iron commodity Site type Plant status
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Smelting Plant
- (Ferro Alloy Plant)
- Processing Plant
- 11.41 miles
Nearby Places
- Canton Valley (1.22 miles away)
- Canton (1.33 miles away)
- Collinsville (1.54 miles away)
- West Simsbury (3.95 miles away)
- New Hartford Center (4.38 miles away)
- Weatogue (4.52 miles away)
- New Hartford (4.55 miles away)
- Avon (4.70 miles away)
- Burlington (5.19 miles away)
- Barkhamsted (6.51 miles away)
- Simsbury (6.52 miles away)
- Harwinton (8.64 miles away)
- Farmington (9.04 miles away)
- Tariffville (9.48 miles away)
- Winsted (9.52 miles away)
- Bloomfield (9.56 miles away)
- West Hartford (10.25 miles away)
- Granby (10.49 miles away)
- Torrington (10.85 miles away)
- Blue Hills (11.32 miles away)
- Bristol (11.41 miles away)
- Plainville (11.47 miles away)
- Hartland (11.61 miles away)
- Terryville (11.89 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Canton Mining District (0 miles away)
- Bristol Mining District (4.46 miles away)
Footnotes
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** 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
INFORMATION LACKING. PERCIVAL NOTES COPPER DISSEMINATIONS IN WHAT IS NOW THE STRAITS SCHIST BED IN THE VICINITY OF COLLINSVILLE.
INFORMATION LACKING. PERCIVAL NOTES COPPER DISSEMINATIONS IN WHAT IS NOW THE STRAITS SCHIST BED IN THE VICINITY OF COLLINSVILLE.