Booths Lower Level Bismuth And Sulfide Mine
Monroe, Connecticut
41.3390°N 73.1840°W
Mine Overview
The Booths Lower Level Bismuth And Sulfide Mine is near Monroe, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Monroe Mining District. The Booths Lower Level Bismuth And Sulfide Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. The ore mined is composed of pyrrhotite, sphalerite and pyrite with waste material consisting primarily of plagioclase, muscovite and calcite. The ore body extends 1,280 meters (4,200 feet) long and 500 meters (1,640 feet) wide. Associated rock in this area is diabase 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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Booths Lower Level Bismuth And Sulfide Mine Near Monroe, Connecticut
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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Bismuth Metallic Primary
Deposit
CROWLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL. USGS, GEOCHEM ANALYSES FILES, SAMPLE CONTROL, JOB NO. HM 3336, TAG NO. 198, 199, SUBMITTED BY R. WEEKS.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
CROWLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL. USGS, GEOCHEM ANALYSES FILES, SAMPLE CONTROL, JOB NO. HM 3336, TAG NO. 198, 199, SUBMITTED BY R. WEEKS.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
INCLUDES USGS GSC ID # W100435; W001143; W001144.
Location Info
- Fairfield , Connecticut County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States Connecticut Fairfield
Development
TOTAL$: US
Geology
FEW OUTCROPS OF ONLY MASSIVE QUARTZ; FEW INCLUSIONS OF SCHIST LENSES, BUT NO GNEISS, FOUND IN MASSIVE QUARTZ. COLLINSVILLE MOSTLY HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED TUFFS AND PYROCLASTICS WITH NUMEROUS THICK AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE, AND QUARTZITE LAYERS IN UP.
FEW OUTCROPS OF ONLY MASSIVE QUARTZ; FEW INCLUSIONS OF SCHIST LENSES, BUT NO GNEISS, FOUND IN MASSIVE QUARTZ. COLLINSVILLE MOSTLY HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED TUFFS AND PYROCLASTICS WITH NUMEROUS THICK AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE, AND QUARTZITE LAYERS IN UPPERMOST PART OF SECTION; 800 FEET TO SW. IS CONTACT WITH OVERLYING CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN THE STRAITS SCHIST FORMATION.
Materials
Minerals or other materials present in the mine.
Orebody
Characteristics of the ore body.
- Length:
- Width: 500.00 meters (1,640.42 feet)
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 Upper Triassic Upper Triassic -
- Associated Rock Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Felsic Volcanic Rock Dacite - Dacite - - -
- Mineralization - - - - - Lopingian Lopingian -
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Appalachian Highlands New England Province New England Upland Section
Reserve-resource
FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE BISMUTH ORE AVAILABLE FROM VERY LARGE SULFIDE BEARING SILICEOUS ZONE; SILICEOUS ZONE NEEDS STUDY.
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Booths Upper Level Bismuth And Sulfide Prospect
- Bismuth commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Massive Quartz In Silicif
- 0.39 miles
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Lanes Bismuth And Sulfide Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Massive Quartz Lense
- Surface
- 1.86 miles
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Pegmatite Quarries
- Beryllium commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 2.01 miles
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Monroe Lanes Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Quartz Veins
- 2.09 miles
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Arsenopyrite Arsenic Mine
- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- 2.76 miles
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Stevenson Bowers Hill Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Metamorphosed Volcanic An
- Underground
- 3.81 miles
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Burnett Fluorite Chalcopyrite Occurrence
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- 3.89 miles
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Topaz Quartz Mine
- Feldspar commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Tactite, Replacement
- 4.01 miles
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Bassett Arsenopyrite Mine
- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Surface
- 4.44 miles
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Lanes Tungsten Mine
- Tungsten commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 5.05 miles
Nearby Places
- Monroe (0.98 miles away)
- Shelton (4.84 miles away)
- Derby (4.94 miles away)
- Ansonia (5.21 miles away)
- Trumbull (6.39 miles away)
- Seymour (6.52 miles away)
- Oxford (7.07 miles away)
- Easton (8.00 miles away)
- Newtown (8.07 miles away)
- Woodbridge (8.89 miles away)
- Orange (9.15 miles away)
- Beacon Falls (9.17 miles away)
- Southbury (9.71 miles away)
- Redding (10.35 miles away)
- Milford (10.37 miles away)
- Aspetuck (10.60 miles away)
- Stratford (10.78 miles away)
- Bethany (10.91 miles away)
- Lyons Plain (11.16 miles away)
- Bridgeport (11.63 miles away)
- Naugatuck (11.91 miles away)
- Bethel (11.95 miles away)
- Greenfield Hill (12.19 miles away)
- Woodmont (12.58 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Monroe Mining District (0 miles away)
- Oxford Mining District (3.30 miles away)
- Derby Mining District (3.33 miles away)
- Trumbull Mining District (3.57 miles away)
- Seymour Mining District (5.02 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
MINE IN MASSIVE QUARTZ ZONE WITH DISSEMINATED SMALL MASSES OF BISMUTH AND LARGER VEINS AND POCKETS OF SULFIDES. QUARTZ ZONE ABOUT 4200 FEET LONG, 500 FEET WIDE, WITH STRIKE N. 20 DEG. WEST. BOOTH'S UPPER LEVEL PROSPECT ABOUT 2600 FEET TO NW.
MINE IN MASSIVE QUARTZ ZONE WITH DISSEMINATED SMALL MASSES OF BISMUTH AND LARGER VEINS AND POCKETS OF SULFIDES. QUARTZ ZONE ABOUT 4200 FEET LONG, 500 FEET WIDE, WITH STRIKE N. 20 DEG. WEST. BOOTH'S UPPER LEVEL PROSPECT ABOUT 2600 FEET TO NW.