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Magnetite Mine

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081425
MRDS ID W033457
Record type Site
Current site name Magnetite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.65781, 43.8556 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF BETHEL, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White 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

  • IN BACK OF EDMUND'S GREENHOUSE, CAMP BROOK RD. BETHEL. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF CAMP BROOK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Missiquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Rock description Missiquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.65781, 43.8556
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 50 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Edmunds Camp Brook Road Bethel, Vt (802) 234-9320

Comments on the workings information

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE (1964) CLAIM THERE IS A TUNNEL. PRESENT OWNER, WHO KNOWS THE SITE AND LOCAL HISTORY, HAS NEVER SEEN ONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 7.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDS, R., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDES OCCUR AS SMALL NEEDLES IN A SCHIST.

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

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