Lead-silver mines started in 1679. Workings included the South shaft at over 100 feet deep. Hydrothermal fault deposit.
Note: "Loudville" - which this locality is often called - is actually the name of the village straddling the Easthampton-Westhampton town line near the mines. In addition, older references sometimes refer to the mines as the "Southampton" lead mines. The name Manhan is derived from the name of the river adjacent to the mines.
Ref.:
- American Journal of Science 58:247-48 (1866).
- Emerson (1917), Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
- Rocks & Minerals (1948): 23: 594-597.
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 893, 1085, 1088.
- Rocks & Minerals (1957): 32: 261.
- Rocks & Minerals (1967): 42: 578.
- American Journal of Science(1967): 159: 578.
- Hiller (1974) Massachusetts Mines and Minerals.
- Dunn, P.J. and Marshall, J.H. (1975). "The Loudville lead mine." The Mineralogical Record, 6(6): 293-298.
- Mineralogical Magazine (1975): 40: 36-38.
- Rocks & Minerals (1976): 51: 250-255.
- Lapidary Journal (1981): 35: 2470-2474.
- Rocks & Minerals (2001): 76: 92.
