Udall Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081419
MRDS ID W033449
Record type Site
Current site name Udall Mine
Alternate or previous names Wolcott Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.50687, 44.58567 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position 4.5 MILES E, NE OF MORRISVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Lamoille

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST FLANK OF RIDGE IMMEDIATLY EAST OF TOOTHAKER HILL. WOOD ROAD RUNS UP SOUTHERN SPUR OF RIDGE TO MINE.
  • +/-100m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE MINE DUMPS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) 2 Ft Thick Gossan Layer May Have Contained Most Of The Chalcopyrite

Analytical data

Result FROM HIGH-GRADE DUMP ORE: 2.5% CU, 5% ZN
Result AVERAGE ORE: 1.1% CU, TRACE ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.50687, 44.58567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N10W TO N10E
    Dip 85E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 548.64M
    Depth to top 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Boulder of Greenstone With Disseminated Chalcopyrite Seen Near Trench. Shaft, Trenches, Bedrock and Dumps Are Largely Covered With Forest Litter, Soil and Vegetation (1998).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur, Mary
    Home office 31 Pitkin St., Burlington, Vt 802-862-3415

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN SHAFT GOES DOWN 100 FT WITH A DRIFT RUNNING 200 FROM BASE OF SHAFT. MANY SMALL PROSPECT DITCHES ARE LOCATED AT THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKS CONTAINING SULFIDES ARE OF THREE TYPES: CHLORITE SCHIST, QUARTZ-MAGNETITE ROCK AND QUARTZ-PYRITE ROCK, WHICH CONTAINS THE ORE MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
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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