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Davis Pyrite Mine (Davis Mine), Rowe, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA

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.





Mineral List:
  • Akaganeite
  • Albite
  • Almandine
  • Alunogen
  • Anglesite
  • Ankerite ?
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Bassanite
  • Biotite
  • Boothite ?
  • Calcite ?
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Copiapite
  • Covellite
  • Cristobalite
  • Cubanite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Ferrihydrite
  • Ferrohexahydrite
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Gahnite
  • Galena
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Goslarite
  • Gypsum
  • Hexahydrite
  • Hydrobasaluminite
  • Ilmenite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaolinite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Limonite
  • Maghemite
  • Magnetite
  • Marcasite
  • Melanterite
  • Molybdenite
  • Muscovite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rozenite
  • Rutile
  • Siderotil
  • Silver
  • 'Smectite Group'
  • Sphalerite
  • Sulphur
  • Tellurobismuthite
  • Tetradymite
  • Vermiculite
  • Volynskite ?
  • Zoisite


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