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Nicholson Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Essex county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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  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 10081418
MRDS ID W033448
Record type Site
Current site name Nicholson Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Nickolson Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.90495, 44.78127 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 2.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ISLAND POND, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Island Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Essex

Comments on the location information

  • LOGGING ROAD AT NORTH END OF WADE'S FIELD ASCENDS HAYSTACK HILL JUST EAST OF PROSPECT PITS
  • +/-100m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.90495, 44.78127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N50-70W
    Dip STEEPLY NORTH.
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Nelson Wade, Landowner, Reports High Radioactivity At Prospect Showed On Geiger Counter By Gov''T Geologist Field Checking Airborn Anomalies Several Years Ago.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wade, Nelson
    Home office Star Route, Island Pond, Vt 05846

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.11HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 PITS AND DUMPS OF QUARTZITE, DUG ALONG THE SIDE HILL JUST EAST OF OSWEGATCHIE BROOK.

Comments on development

  • FARMERS NOTED FREQUENCY OF LIGHTNING STRIKES ON HAYSTACK HILL AND THOUGHT THERE MUST BE IRON THERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WADE, N., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Wade, N., 1984, Personal Communication.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Deposit MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG BIOTITE-RICH LAMINATIONS AND IN SMALL "BLEBS" OF VEIN QUARTZ

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 LOCATED SOME MINOR DIGGINGS, PROBABLY NOT THE CORRECT ONES; COULD NOT EVALUATE DEPOSIT 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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