| Deposit ID | 10081185 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pike Hill Mines (1905) |
| Alternate or previous names | Pike Hill Mines 1905, Corinth 1855, Union 1863, Eureka 1874, Goddard 1877; |
| Geographic coordinates: | -72.3084, 44.06031 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 579 |
| Relative position | 2.75 MILES NORTH, NORTHEAST OF COOKVILLE, VT ON PIKE HILL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
Vermont(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West Topsham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ammonoosuc River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)
Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)
Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)
New England(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Kyanite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Walts River Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Walts River Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Waits River Formation - carbonaceous phyllite and limestone member |
|---|
| General form | LENSES AND PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N10 TO 15W |
| Dip | 30 TO 45E |
| Thickness | 18.29M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1846 |
| Discoverer | Ira Towle |
| Year of first production | 1854 |
| Year of last production | 1919 |
| District name | Orange County Copper District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pike Hill Mines Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pat Mines Inc. Toronto, Ontario Canada. Gerald Harper 416-362-6683 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
| Overall depth | 233.48M |
| Overall length | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033056 | |
| Vermont Agency of Natural Resources | VTANR | VTANR | AM84MD6 |
GRANT, W.R., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT: VGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 2, PG. 26
HOWARD, P.F., 1969, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ELIZABETH MINE, VERMONT; VGS ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 5.
JACOBS, F.C., 1916, COPPER MINING IN VERMONT; 10TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 1915-1916, P. 192-199.
MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, P. 115-117.
HISTORY OF CORINTH, VT 1764-1964. BY THE TOWN OF CORINTH HISTORY COMMITTEE, CORINTH, VT, 1964.
PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL, AND PEAT. USGS MR-5, SCALE 1:500000.
HITCHCOCK E. ET AL, 1861, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT MANUFACTURING CO., CLAREMONT, NH, 2 VOL., 982 P.
MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., PP 14-15.
HOWARD, P.F., 1969, P. 68
Morrow, J., 1970, A Century Of Hard Rock: The Story Of Rising And Nelson Slate Company: Grastorf Press, Granville, New York.Morrow, J., 1970, A Century Of Hard Rock: The Story Of Rising And Nelson Slate Company: Grastorf Press, Granville, New York.
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.
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.
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.
Unpublished Map: Delaware And Hudson Rr Map Of Quarries And Mills (1924)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PODS OVERLAP IN A DOWN-DIP DIRECTION AND MAY BE CONNECTED BY EN ECHELON STRINGERS OF SULFIDE. LENGTH GIVEN CORRESPONDS TO SURFACE EXPRESSION OF THE VEIN. |
| Deposit | Workings Consist of A Shallow Quarried Area Worked Down Only Several Beds Deep. |
| 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 | ADDED MODEL; SYNONYMS ADDED |
| 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 |
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