Commodities
TertiaryCobalt, Copper, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Clinohypersthene, Hornblende, Hypersthene, Paragonite, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10118911
MRDS IDW000262
Alternate namesBuck Nickel Sulfice Mine, Mount Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.72939, -73.26204
References
HOWE,E,1915,SULPHIDE-BEARING ROCKS FROM LITCHFIELD,CONN.,ECOVOLUMN 10 PP330-347CAMERON,EN,1943,ORIGIN OF SULPHIDES IN THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OPROSPECT,CONN:BULLETIN GEOL SOC. OF AMERICA,VOL 54,PP651-686CORNWALL,HR,1966,NICKEL DEPOSITS IN NORTH AMERICA,US GEOL SUBULLETIN 1223.RICE,W.N.,AND GREGORY,H.E.,1906,MANUAL OF THE GEOLOGY OF CONHARTFORD PRESS.SCHAIRER,J.F.,1931,THE MINERALS OF CONN.,STATE GEOLOGICAL ANNATURAL HISTORY SURVEY,BULLETIN NO.51.GATES,RM,AND BRADLEY,WC,1952,THE GEOLOGY OF THE NEW PRESTONSTATE GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OF CONN,MISC SERBROEDEL,CH,AND CORNWALL,HR,1954 NICKEL AND COBALT IN NEW ENGAND NEW YORK,NEW ENGLAND-NEW YORKINTER AGENCY COMMITTEE: MINRESOURCES STUDY AND REPORT GROUP,PP32-42.DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MEMORANDUM,APRIL 29,1959,JAMDUNN TO ROLAND F BEERS,SUBJECT:POLISHED SPECIMENS STUDY,MT PUS BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT FILE-CONNECTICUT NICKEL PROSPER 91.3081