Unnamed

Occurrence in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodities 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 10081538
MRDS ID W033611
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.71731, 43.1042 (WGS84)
Elevation 308
Relative position 1.4 MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST OF WEST TOWNSHEND, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Townshend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • SITE IS AT THE LOWER END OF A SMALL WATERFALL WHERE THE BROOK TAKES A WESTERLY TURN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES APPEARED TO BE FROM A PLACER DEPOSIT NOT FROM THE PROCESSING OF VEIN MATERIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF GOLD WERE SENT TO THE VERMONT SURVEY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hoosic Formation, Turkey Mountain Member
    Rock description Hoosic Formation, Turkey Mountain Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.71731, 43.1042

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW AND VARIABLE
    Dip SHALLOW AND VARIABLE

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 Iola Howe Estate, James Howe, Executor Jamaica, Vt.

Comments on development

  • MR. HAYDEN REPORTS THAT THE SITE WAS WORKED PREVIOUSLY. EVIDENCE OF THIS IS SCARCE TO NON-EXISTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, (HANOVER, NH), P.24.

  • Deposit

    HAYDEN, ROBERT, 1984, WRITTEN 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 ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA WERE SEEN. THERE MAY BE MORE SIGINIFICANT OCCURRENCES ALONG THE BROOK (SEE MORRILL AND CHAFFEE, 1964.

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

Beyond USGS

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