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Occurrence in Washington 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 10081427
MRDS ID W033461
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.70762, 44.4111 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.3 MILES NORTH, NORTHEAST OF WATERBURY CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES GIVEN REPRESENT POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN TWO PITS. PIT LOCATIONS ARE 500' NORTH AND SOUTH OF LOCATION GIVEN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.70762, 44.4111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5E
    Dip 85 E
    Thickness 0.15M

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 Post, William
    Home office Rfd2 Box 67 Waterbury Ctr., Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.014HA
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECTS 0.2 MILES APART. DESCRIPTION REFERS TO NORTHERN PIT. SOUTHERN PROSPECT CONSIST OF A 25 FT. LONG TUNNEL, 6 FT HIGH AND 6 FT WIDE. THE NORTHERN PIT IS 40-50 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., 1956, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MONTPELIER QUADRANGLE, VERMONT. USGS QUADRANGLE MAP, GQ-79

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOPYRITE IS CONCENTRATED ALONG FOLIATION PLANES AND TO A LESSER EXTENT, DISEMMINATED WIDELY IN THE GREENSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-APR-1986 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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