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Franklin Co. Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081548
MRDS ID W033624
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Co. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.94951, 44.9778 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES NORTH AND 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheldon Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • DRILL HOLES LOCATED ALONG THE STRIKE OF A FEATURE KNOWN AS DUNHAM RIDGE (MINISTER HILL, BRIDGEMAN HILL AND THE RIDGE JUST WEST OF RICE HIL
  • Coordinates Are For Bridgeman Hill.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY ONE ANALYSIS WAS DONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.7% ZN
Result 0.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.005% CU, 0.004% PB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Dolomite
    Rock description Dunham Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.94951, 44.9778
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Economic information

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 Labradex, Labrador Mining And Exploration Co., Ltd.,
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION DRILL CORES FROM 60 FEET TO 570 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • LABRADEX SECURED RIGHT OF PURCHASE OR MINERAL RIGHTS ON THE AREAS DRILLED. CORING WAS THE ONLY FORM OF EXPLORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    LABRADEX CO., UNPUBLISHED MAPS AND DRILL RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A., 1984, Personal Communication2:Labradex Co., Unpublished Maps And Drill Records.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-JUL-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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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