Gold And Silver Mine
Newtown, Connecticut
41.4327°N 73.2813°W
Mine Overview
The Gold And Silver Mine is near Newtown, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Newtown-Sandy Hook Mining District. The Gold And Silver Mine is a surface mining operation. The ore mined is composed of calcite, pyrite and quartz. Associated rock in this area is mafic intrusive rock from the Upper Triassic epoch 237.00 to 201.30 million years ago. The New England Upland Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
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Gold And Silver Mine Near Newtown, Connecticut
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Lead Metallic Primary
- Gold Metallic Tertiary
- Silver Metallic Tertiary
Deposit
PROSPECT LOCATION FROM TEXT DESCRIPTION; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
PROSPECT LOCATION FROM TEXT DESCRIPTION; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
Location Info
- Fairfield , Connecticut County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States Connecticut Fairfield
Mining Districts
Formal or informal mining district names.
- District
- Newtown-Sandy Hook Mining District
Development
TOTAL$: US
Geology
MAFIC FLOWS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWARD IN POMPERANG VALLEY.
MAFIC FLOWS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWARD IN POMPERANG VALLEY.
Orebody
Characteristics of the ore body.
- Strike: n. 55 deg. east
- Dip: 60 deg. nw.
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
INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE SULFIDES ORE AVAILABLE.
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Other deposits in the same region.
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- Feldspar commodity Site type Mine status
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- Beryllium commodity Site type Mine status
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- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
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Monroe Lanes Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Occurrence status
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- Quartz Veins
- 6.21 miles
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Stevenson Bowers Hill Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Metamorphosed Volcanic An
- Underground
- 6.45 miles
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Pegmatite Quarries
- Beryllium commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 6.86 miles
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Brookfield Lead Mine
- Lead commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Metamorphosed Sedimentary
- Surface
- 6.96 miles
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Lanes Bismuth And Sulfide Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Mine status
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- Massive Quartz Lense
- Surface
- 7.64 miles
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Booths Upper Level Bismuth And Sulfide Prospect
- Bismuth commodity Site type Occurrence status
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Nearby Places
- Newtown (1.68 miles away)
- Southbury (4.83 miles away)
- Brookfield (7.45 miles away)
- Monroe (7.87 miles away)
- Bethel (8.04 miles away)
- Bridgewater (8.27 miles away)
- Oxford (8.51 miles away)
- Woodbury (8.52 miles away)
- Roxbury (8.60 miles away)
- Danbury (9.29 miles away)
- Middlebury (10.27 miles away)
- Redding (10.38 miles away)
- New Fairfield (10.82 miles away)
- Seymour (10.92 miles away)
- Beacon Falls (11.34 miles away)
- New Milford (11.89 miles away)
- Ansonia (12.05 miles away)
- Easton (12.40 miles away)
- Naugatuck (12.47 miles away)
- Derby (12.60 miles away)
- Shelton (12.61 miles away)
- Topstone (12.79 miles away)
- Trumbull (13.72 miles away)
- Washington (13.75 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Newtown-Sandy Hook Mining District (0 miles away)
- Monroe Mining District (4.70 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
INFORMATION LACKING
INFORMATION LACKING