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Pioneer and Carbeneau Gold Mines

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold
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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 10081534
MRDS ID W033607
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer and Carbeneau Gold Mines
Alternate or previous names Pioneer/Carbeneau Mines, Mt. Hope Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6909, 43.6383 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Relative position 2.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEWATER CTR., VERMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delectable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black River-Connecticut 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

  • MINES ARE ON THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWESTERN FLANKS OF DANA HILL.
  • All Mines Are Within A 0.5 Mile Radius of Point

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PRESENCE OF GOLD IS QUESTIONABLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation;Missisquoi Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation;Missisquoi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6909, 43.6383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1851
Discoverer Mathew Kennedy
Year of first production 1855

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oscar Washburn Goshen, Ma.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joel Gratwich 12 Pine Ridge Rd. Cumberland Forestside, Me.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS AND A TUNNEL REPORTED BY MORRILL AND CHAFFEE.

Comments on development

  • KENNEDY DISCOVERED GOLD IN 1851 AS A VEIN DEPOSIT AND SOON AFTER, MANY QUARTZ VEINS WERE BEING DEVELOPED IN SEARCH OF A LODE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, N.H., P. 9.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT. VGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION, NO. 2, PG. 46.

  • Deposit

    CHANG, P.H., ERN, E.H. AND THOMPSON, J.B., 1965, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK QUADRANGLE, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 29.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, E.L., 1929, GEOLOGY OF BRIDGEWATER AND PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIPS, VT: VT. STATE GEOLOGIST'S 16TH REPORT (1927-1928), PP 62-63.

  • Deposit

    BEERS, F.W., 1869, ATLAS OF WINDOR CO., VERMONT. (BEER'S, ELLIS AND SOVLE, NEW YORK).

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.S. COMPILER, 1976, BRIDGEWATER VERMONT, 1779-1976. (NO PUBLISHER).

  • Deposit

    Beers, F.W., 1869, Atlas Of Windsor County, Vermont: Beers Ellis And Sovle, New York, New York.Beers, F.W., 1869, Atlas Of Windsor County, Vermont: Beers Ellis And Sovle, New York, New York.

  • Deposit

    Chang, P.H., Ern, E.H. And Thompson, J.B., 1965, Bedrock Geology Of The Woodstock Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 29.Chang, P.H., Ern, E.H. And Thompson, J.B., 1965, Bedrock Geology Of The Woodstock Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 29.

  • Deposit

    Adams, G.S., (Compiler), 1976, Bridgewater Vermont, 1779-1976: (Unpublished).Adams, G.S., (Compiler), 1976, Bridgewater Vermont, 1779-1976: (Unpublished).

  • Deposit

    Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.

  • Deposit

    Perry, E.L., 1929, Geology Of Bridgewater And Plymouth Townships, Vermont: 16th Annual Report Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928).Perry, E.L., 1929, Geology Of Bridgewater And Plymouth Townships, Vermont: 16th Annual Report Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928).

  • 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 NONE OF THE HARD ROCK GOLD MINES IN THE STATE EVER TURNED A PROFIT. MANY PROBABLY NEVER RECOVERED ANY GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MINERS DUG IN ANY QUARTZ VEIN WHICH SHOWED MINERALIZATION AND MANY WHICH DIDN'T DUMPS SHOW VUGGY QTZ WITH POSSIBLE WEATHERED SULFIDES.

Reporter information

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