| Deposit ID | 10081542 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033615 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gove Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Green Mountain Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -72.3512, 43.87889 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 495 |
| Relative position | 1.75 MILES NE OF STRAFFORD, VT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
Vermont(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Vershire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ammonoosuc River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)
Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)
Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)
New England(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1% OR LESS CU |
|---|---|
| Result | ORE CONTAINS UP TO 6% SPHALERITE |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Granulite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Waits River Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Waits River Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -72.3512, 43.87889 |
|---|
| Strike | N 55 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30 TO 40 NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1917 |
| District name | Orange County Copper District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Reynolds, John |
| Home office | Strafford, Vt |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pat Mines, Inc., Toronto, Ontario Canada. Gerald Harper 416-362-6683 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.031HA |
| Length | 21.34M |
| Overall depth | 33.53M |
| Overall length | 21.34M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033615 | |
| Vermont Agency of Natural Resources | VTANR | VTANR | AM84MD8 |
ABBOT, C., 1973, GREEN MOUNTAIN COPPER, THE STORY OF VERMONTS RED METAL. HERALD PRINTERY, RANDOLPH, VT., 36 P.
MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 43
PERKINS, G.H., 1918, ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST. P.H. GOBIE PRESS, (BELLOWS FALLS, VT) P. 147.
White, W.S., Eric, J.H., And Amsden, T.W., 1943, Preliminary Report On Orange And Gove Copper Mines, Strafford, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-352.White, W.S., Eric, J.H., And Amsden, T.W., 1943, Preliminary Report On Orange And Gove Copper Mines, Strafford, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-352.
White, W.S., And Eric, J.H., 1944, Preliminary Report Geology Of The Orange County Copper District, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 42-1.White, W.S., And Eric, J.H., 1944, Preliminary Report Geology Of The Orange County Copper District, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 42-1.
Perkins, G.H., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P. 14-17.Perkins, G.H., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P. 14-17.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BEDDING IS OVERTURNED |
| Deposit | THE NAMES OF THE ORANGE AND GOVE MINES ARE REVERSED IN WHITE AND ERIC'S REPORTS. USAGE HERE IS LOCAL USAGE AND PERKINS (1918) USAGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| 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 | added model |
| 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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