A pyrite mine located about 5 miles North of Charlemont. Hawley "Mineral Belt" stratabound massive Fe-(Zn-Cu-Pb) sulfide deposit.(Note: This site contains a number of unidentified Ag & Bi tellurides.) Started 1882, closed 1910. Owned by Herbert J. Davis.
References:
Dana 6:1059.
Crosby, W. O. and Brown, Charles L. (1888) Gahnite, or Zinc-Spinel, from Rowe, Mass.(Technology Quarterly, Boston, MA: MIT, May 1888, p.408.)
Rocks & Minerals 9:94-96;16:215.
Rutledge, J.J.(1906): The Davis Pyrites Mine, Massachusetts (Eng & Min Journal, Oct. 13, 1906)
Weed, Walter H. (1911): Copper Deposits of the Appalachian States (USGS Bulletin 455), pp. 33-34.
McCarthy, Helen (1977): The Story of Davis Mine: Rowe, Massachusetts (Rowe Historical Society)
Cerato, Amy (2003).
Mine Water and the Environment 26 (2007) 2-13.
