Unnamed Copper Prospect
Bethany, Connecticut
41.3839°N 72.9645°W
Mine Overview
This unnamed copper prospect is near Bethany, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Woodbridge Mining District. The Unnamed Copper Prospect 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 chalcocite and malachite. The mineralization at this location is 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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Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Copper Metallic Primary
- Sulfur Non-Metallic Primary
Deposit
FRITTS MAP AT 1:24, 000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
FRITTS MAP AT 1:24, 000 LOCATES MINE 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
WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL, ABOUT 500 FEET THICK, INTRUDES THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE NEW HAVEN ARKOSE.
WEST ROCK DIABASE SILL, ABOUT 500 FEET THICK, INTRUDES THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE NEW HAVEN ARKOSE.
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 -
- 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
FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE AVAILABLE.
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Unnamed Silver Mine
- Silver commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Surface
- 4.65 miles
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Townsend Property
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- 4.91 miles
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Aluminum Smelters Incorporated Processing Plant
- Aluminum commodity Site type Plant status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Smelting Plant
- (Refiner-Pyrometallurgy)
- Processing Plant
- 4.99 miles
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Tallmans Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Underground
- 5.36 miles
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Maltby Lakes Mine
- Lead commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Surface
- 5.79 miles
-
Unnamed Copper Occurrence
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Disseminations In Metamor
- 5.82 miles
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Seymour Arsenic And Nickel Mine
- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- 6.25 miles
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Unnamed Copper Prospect
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Disseminations In Metamor
- 6.44 miles
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Cross-Rock Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Void Filling And Replacement
- Surface
- 7.05 miles
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Bassett Arsenopyrite Mine
- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Surface
- 7.53 miles
Nearby Places
- Bethany (3.10 miles away)
- Woodbridge (3.14 miles away)
- Hamden (3.60 miles away)
- North Haven (5.46 miles away)
- New Haven (5.56 miles away)
- Seymour (5.84 miles away)
- Ansonia (6.48 miles away)
- Beacon Falls (6.51 miles away)
- Derby (7.79 miles away)
- West Haven (7.88 miles away)
- Orange (7.95 miles away)
- Shelton (8.14 miles away)
- Prospect (8.20 miles away)
- Naugatuck (8.33 miles away)
- Cheshire (8.60 miles away)
- Oxford (8.61 miles away)
- Wallingford (8.89 miles away)
- East Haven (8.96 miles away)
- Branford (10.59 miles away)
- Woodmont (10.85 miles away)
- North Branford (10.94 miles away)
- Milford (12.14 miles away)
- Waterbury (12.84 miles away)
- Middlebury (13.04 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Woodbridge Mining District (0 miles away)
- Cheshire Mining District (3.68 miles away)
- Seymour Mining District (4.33 miles away)
- Beacon Falls Mining District (5.31 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
SHAFT INFORMATION LACKING. MINE LOCATED AT CONTACT OF SANDSTONE BED WITH BOTTOM OF INTRUDED MAFIC SILL. SANDSTONE BEDS STRIKE N 75 DEG. EAST, DIP 30 DEG. SE ., WITH SILL CONFORMABLE.
SHAFT INFORMATION LACKING. MINE LOCATED AT CONTACT OF SANDSTONE BED WITH BOTTOM OF INTRUDED MAFIC SILL. SANDSTONE BEDS STRIKE N 75 DEG. EAST, DIP 30 DEG. SE ., WITH SILL CONFORMABLE.