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Taggart Mine (1859)

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081187
MRDS ID W033059
Record type Site
Current site name Taggart Mine (1859)
Alternate or previous names Taggart Mine 1859, Fagneau Mine, Bridgewater Gold Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68451, 43.6211 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1.35 MILES W, NW OF BRIDGEWATER CENTER, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ENTRANCE LOCATED 100' SE OF WASHBURN BROOK ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF RAYMOND HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORIGINAL REPORT BY COMPANY STATED 10 TONS CRUSHED ORE YIELDED 18.7 OZ AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU NONE
Result AG 1.27 OZ/TON
Result CU 6.19%
Result PB 6.29%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation, Whetstone Hill And Moretown Members
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Whetstone Hill And Moretown Members
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68451, 43.6211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N5E TO N10E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1851
Discoverer Mathew Kennedy
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1855

Mining district

District name Bridgewater Gold Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taggart Mining Co, Bridgewater Vt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Craig M. Robinson, Bridgewater Corners, Vt. 802 672-3792

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND ONE ADIT ARE THE EXTENT OF THE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHANG, P.H., ERN, E.H, AND THOMPSON, J.B., 1965, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 29.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT, VGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 2, PG. 46.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1904, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF VERMONT: VT. STATE GEOLOGIST, 4TH REPORT (1903-1904), P 54-58.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, E.L. 1929, GEOLOGY OF BRIDGEWATER AND PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIPS, VT: VT STATE GEOLOGISTS, 16TH REPORT (1927-1928), PP 62-63.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 9.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD WAS VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND MUCH OF THE QUARTZ WAS BARREN OF ANY METALS.

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 ADDED MODEL
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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