Joslyn Gold Mine

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold
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. 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 10081535
MRDS ID W033608
Record type Site
Current site name Joslyn Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66011, 43.5842 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION ROUTES 4 AND 100A, BRIDGEWATER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plymouth(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

  • LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF BALD MOUNTAIN.
  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee.

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 Missisquoi Formation, Whetstone Hill Member
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Whetstone Hill Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.66011, 43.5842

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Patz, Boston, Ma.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Donn Ryker Woodbridge, Conn.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Adams, G.S., (Compiler), 1976, Bridgewater Vermont, 1779-1976: (Unpublished).Adams, G.S., (Compiler), 1976, Bridgewater Vermont, 1779-1976: (Unpublished).

  • 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

    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 MANY OF THESE ALLEGED GOLD MINES WERE OPENED BUT NONE OF THEM EVER OPERATED PROFITABLY. CONFIRMATION OF GOLD BY ASSAY IS FOUND FOR ONLY TWO MINES IN THE LITERATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Old Logging Road Leads Up the West Slope of Chaffee Mtn. Past Mined Area. Deposit Was Quarried From A Large Ledge Face.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor GEN_COMM AND REFERENCE FIELD DO NOT APPEAR TO BELONG TO THIS RECORD (JOSLYN MINE)
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

Beyond USGS

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