Unnamed Silver Prospect

East Haven, Connecticut

41.3005°N 72.8489°W

Mine Overview

This unnamed silver prospect is in East Haven, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the East Haven Mining District. Mine operations consist of workings of unknown type. There is one known shaft. 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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Silver Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Occurrence Development Status^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Silver Prospect Current

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Silver Metallic Primary

Notes

TRENCH ABOUT 250 FEET LONG INTO HILLSIDE OF TRAP ROCK ABOUT 1860. TRENCH IN FINE, SOFT SHALE, ENDS AGAINST FINE GRAINED DRAB, SANDSTONE, PROBABLY THERMALLY BLEACHED. SITE NEAR CONTACT WITH MAFIC INTRUSIVE.

Deposit

HOVEY'S MAP AT ABOUT 1:45000 LOCATES PROSPECT BY LETTER.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.

Location Info

New Haven , Connecticut County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Connecticut New Haven

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
East Haven Mining District

Development

TOTAL$: US

Workings

Workings at the site.

Workings #1

Type: Unknown
Surface Length: 76.2 Meters

Geology

HOLYOKE INTRUSIVE YOUNGER THAN SHUTTLE MEADOW SEDIMENT FORMATION.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) Mafic Volcanic Rock Basalt - Basalt Upper Triassic Upper Triassic -
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

Ore Control

Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.

Text^?
Porosity Zone Adjacent To Mafic Intrusive

Reserve-resource

INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY SOME SILVER PRESENT IN BLEACH ZONE. NEEDS STUDY.

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

East Haven (1.96 miles away)
Branford (2.28 miles away)
New Haven (4.14 miles away)
North Branford (4.63 miles away)
West Haven (5.49 miles away)
North Haven (6.26 miles away)
Hamden (7.04 miles away)
Guilford (8.71 miles away)
Woodmont (8.93 miles away)
Woodbridge (9.02 miles away)
Orange (9.29 miles away)
Wallingford (10.89 miles away)
Bethany (11.36 miles away)
Milford (12.05 miles away)
Ansonia (12.34 miles away)
Derby (12.53 miles away)
Shelton (12.72 miles away)
Madison (13.08 miles away)
Seymour (13.51 miles away)
Cheshire (13.96 miles away)
Beacon Falls (14.81 miles away)
Durham (15.24 miles away)
Killingworth (15.32 miles away)
Prospect (15.47 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

East Haven Mining District (0 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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