Booths Upper Level Bismuth And Sulfide Prospect
Monroe, Connecticut
41.3419°N 73.1905°W
Mine Overview
The Booths Upper Level Bismuth And Sulfide Prospect is near Monroe, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Monroe Mining District. The ore mined is composed of quartz and pyrrhotite with waste material consisting primarily of biotite, muscovite and magnetite. The ore body extends 1,280 meters (4,200 feet) long and 500 meters (1,640 feet) wide. The mineralization at this location is from the Lopingian epoch 259.80 to 252.17 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
- Bismuth Metallic Primary
Deposit
CROWLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
CROWLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.
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 AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE, AND QUARTZITE LAYERS IN UPPERMOS.
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 AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE, AND QUARTZITE LAYERS IN UPPERMOST PART OF SECTION; 800 FEET TO WEST IS CONTACT WITH OVERLYING CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN THE STRAITS SCHIST FORMATION.
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
INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE BISMUTH ORE AVAILABLE FROM VERY LARGE SULFIDE BEARING SILICEOUS ZONE. NEEDS STUDY.
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Booths Lower Level Bismuth And Sulfide Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Massive Quartz In Silicif
- Surface
- 0.39 miles
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Lanes Bismuth And Sulfide Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Massive Quartz Lense
- Surface
- 1.60 miles
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Monroe Lanes Mine
- Bismuth commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Quartz Veins
- 1.78 miles
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Pegmatite Quarries
- Beryllium commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 1.87 miles
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Arsenopyrite Arsenic Mine
- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- 2.37 miles
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Stevenson Bowers Hill Copper Mine
- Copper commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Metamorphosed Volcanic An
- Underground
- 3.70 miles
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Burnett Fluorite Chalcopyrite Occurrence
- Copper commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- 3.93 miles
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Topaz Quartz Mine
- Feldspar commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Tactite, Replacement
- 4.02 miles
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Lanes Tungsten Mine
- Tungsten commodity Site type Mine status
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Surface
- 4.68 miles
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Bassett Arsenopyrite Mine
- Arsenic commodity Site type Mine status
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Surface
- 4.77 miles
Nearby Places
- Monroe (1.08 miles away)
- Shelton (5.35 miles away)
- Derby (5.47 miles away)
- Ansonia (5.79 miles away)
- Trumbull (6.86 miles away)
- Seymour (7.04 miles away)
- Oxford (7.41 miles away)
- Newtown (7.68 miles away)
- Easton (8.28 miles away)
- Woodbridge (9.47 miles away)
- Orange (9.61 miles away)
- Beacon Falls (9.62 miles away)
- Southbury (9.70 miles away)
- Redding (10.37 miles away)
- Milford (10.80 miles away)
- Aspetuck (10.91 miles away)
- Stratford (11.27 miles away)
- Lyons Plain (11.42 miles away)
- Bethany (11.44 miles away)
- Bethel (11.76 miles away)
- Bridgeport (12.11 miles away)
- Naugatuck (12.30 miles away)
- Greenfield Hill (12.58 miles away)
- Woodmont (12.98 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Monroe Mining District (0 miles away)
- Oxford Mining District (3.25 miles away)
- Trumbull Mining District (3.59 miles away)
- Derby Mining District (3.66 miles away)
- Seymour Mining District (5.24 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
PROSPECT TRENCH IN LEDGE OF MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH LARGE POCKETS OF PLATY PYRRHOTITE; ALSO IN QUARTZ ARE INCLUSIONS OF QUARTZ MICA SCHIST. QUARTZ ZONE ABOUT 4200 FEET LONG, 500 FEET WIDE, WITH STRIKE N. 20 DEG. WEST. BOOTH'S LOWER LEVEL MINE LOCATED 2600 IRON.
PROSPECT TRENCH IN LEDGE OF MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH LARGE POCKETS OF PLATY PYRRHOTITE; ALSO IN QUARTZ ARE INCLUSIONS OF QUARTZ MICA SCHIST. QUARTZ ZONE ABOUT 4200 FEET LONG, 500 FEET WIDE, WITH STRIKE N. 20 DEG. WEST. BOOTH'S LOWER LEVEL MINE LOCATED 2600 FEET TO SE.