Bolles Hill Mine (1860-1880)

Past Producer in Essex county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081184
MRDS ID W033054
Record type Site
Current site name Bolles Hill Mine (1860-1880)
Alternate or previous names Bolles Hill Mine 1860-1880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.62308, 44.54219 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES S 65 W OF GUILDHALL CENTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groveton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Essex

Comments on the location information

  • MINE DUMPS ARE ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF BOLLES HILL JUST SOUTH OF A LOGGING ROAD LEADING EAST FROM FELLOWS ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Albee Formation
    Rock description Albee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.62308, 44.54219

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • Lower Ordivician.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr Cantin, Fellows Rd., Guidhall, Vt. 603-788-4770

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE HAS BEEN BACKFILLED BUT A PORTION OF THE DUMP IS STILL ACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHANSSON, W.I., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE LUNENBURG-BRUNSWICK, GUILDHALLAREA, VERMONT VGS BULLETIN, NO. 22, PP 82-83

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., Hillebrand, W.F., Eckel, E.C., And Coons, T.A., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 586, 220 P.Dale, T.N., Hillebrand, W.F., Eckel, E.C., And Coons, T.A., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 586, 220 P.

  • Deposit

    Schumaker, R., And Thompson, J.Jr., 1967, The Bedrock Geology Of The Pawlet Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 30, Pp 14-22.Schumaker, R., And Thompson, J.Jr., 1967, The Bedrock Geology Of The Pawlet Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 30, Pp 14-22.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit SULFIDES ARE FOUND IN QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINED IN THE QUARTZITE BEDS OF THE ALBEE FORMATION. ALSO, DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZITE BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor NOT ENOUGH GEOLOGY COULD BE SEEN TO ASSESS DEPOSIT MODEL; MINE/DUMPS NOT FOUND; LOCAL RESIDENT LED US TO A POSSIBLE PROSPECTING AREA FURTHER UP THE HILL (1998).
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

Beyond USGS

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