Dorvel Metallurgical Processing Plant

Northwest Harwinton, Connecticut

41.7730°N 73.0581°W

Mine Overview

The Dorvel Metallurgical Processing Plant is in Northwest Harwinton, Connecticut. Historically the site has been part of the Torrington Mining District. The Dorvel Metallurgical Processing Plant is a processing plant. The New England Upland Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

Copper Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Plant Development Status^?
Smelting Plant Plant Type^?
Smelter Pyrometallurgy Plant Subtype^?
Processing Plant Operation Type^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Dorvel Metallurgical Current

Owner Name and Address

Dorvel Metallurgical Company

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Copper Metallic Primary

Location Info

Litchfield , Connecticut County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Connecticut Litchfield

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
Private -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Torrington Mining District

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Appalachian Highlands New England Province New England Upland Section

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Harwinton (0.15 miles away)
Torrington (3.76 miles away)
Burlington (4.82 miles away)
Thomaston (6.89 miles away)
Litchfield (6.96 miles away)
Plymouth (6.98 miles away)
Terryville (6.99 miles away)
Collinsville (7.62 miles away)
New Hartford Center (8.54 miles away)
New Hartford (8.62 miles away)
Bristol (8.97 miles away)
Canton (9.18 miles away)
Morris (9.40 miles away)
Goshen (9.50 miles away)
Canton Valley (9.55 miles away)
Bantam (9.77 miles away)
Winsted (10.23 miles away)
Watertown (11.93 miles away)
Avon (11.98 miles away)
Bethlehem (12.03 miles away)
Farmington (12.22 miles away)
Plainville (12.35 miles away)
Wolcott (12.36 miles away)
West Simsbury (12.40 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Torrington Mining District (0 miles away)
Thomaston Mining District (4.00 miles away)
Bristol Mining District (4.80 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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