Unnamed Copper Mine

Past Producer in Lamoille 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081420
MRDS ID W033450
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Mine, Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66482, 44.4119 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3.4 MILES NE OF WATERBURY CENTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stowe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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

  • From Cady (1956) Map Location. Site Not Found

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.66482, 44.4119

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS CONCENTRATED IN OR AROUND MAFIC SCHISTSOF THE STOWE FORMATION.
  • Ore Minerals Concentrated In Or Around Mafic Schists of the Stowe Formation.

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 Waterbury Municiple Forest
    Home office Village Of Waterbury, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE NOT FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., 1956, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MONTPELIER QUADRANGLE, VT. USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP, GQ 79, SCALE, 1:62, 500.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGICAL MAP OF VERMONT; IN, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH, VOL 2.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT, EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL, AND PEAT. USGS MAP, MR-5, SCALE 1:500000.

  • Deposit

    Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., 1956, Bedrock Geology Of The Montpelier Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map, Gq-79, Scale 1:62,500.Cady, W.M., 1956, Bedrock Geology Of The Montpelier Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map, Gq-79, Scale 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-86 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-JUN-84 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-02 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

Beyond USGS

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