Unnamed Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081430
MRDS ID W033464
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Magnetite Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.86142, 43.7786 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.45 MILES WEST OF PITTSFIELD, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(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)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LOWER MICHIGAN RD. ON EAST SIDE OF THE WEST BRANCH OF THE TWEED RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Underhill Formation
    Rock description Underhill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.86142, 43.7786

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 80SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP IS BENCHED OUT IN THE VICINITY OF THE ADIT OPENING.

Comments on development

  • LUMBER INDUSTRY MOVED OUT OF PITTSFIELD AND IRON MINE COULD NOT SUPPORT LOCAL RAILROAD SO THEY BOTH FAILED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE OCCURS AS TETRAHEDRONS DISSEMINATED AND, IN PLACES, CONCENTRATED IN BANDS ALONG THE SCHISTOSITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 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

Beyond USGS

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