Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryIron
TertiaryGemstone
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlContact Of Talcose And Mica Slates
Materials
Ore mineralsAnkerite, Cummingtonite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Geology
StructureEast Limb Of Berkshire Anticlinorium ; Reg.Trends: North To Northeast, Drag Folds
Tectonic settingEast To Southeast Dipping Homocline
AlterationRegional Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1925
Discovery year1830
Identification
Deposit ID10067329
MRDS IDW000039
Alternate namesTaconic Manganese Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.49526, -72.9473
References
HATCH, N.L., 1969, USGS GQ 8571952 OTHER CRITTENDEN, M., USGS, RECON AND COMPILQUINN, A.W., 1945