Massachusetts · Berkshire County
Occurrence

Branch Mine

Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSeemingly Controlled By Vertical Fault In Limestone, Near Horizontal Thrust Fault Zone Between Limestone And Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
Other materialsGoethite
Geology
Host rockDolomite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1856
Identification
Deposit ID10069339
MRDS IDW006802
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.3972, -73.31621
References
CHUTE, N.E. 1945, "THE BROWN IRON ORE DISTRICT OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS.", MASS DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS - USGS COOP GEOL. PROJECT, OPEN FILE REPORT, MAPS PG 31