Fairlee Gold Mine (1902)

Occurrence in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081549
MRDS ID W033625
Record type Site
Current site name Fairlee Gold Mine (1902)
Alternate or previous names Fairlee Gold Mine 1902, S.A Davis Farm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.2153, 43.9075 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairlee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orange

Comments on the location information

  • QUARTZ VEIN IN QUESTION WAS NOT LOCATED IN THE FEILD
  • 0.5 Miles North of the Head of Lake Fairlee.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 9 DOLLARS AU/TON, 30 DOLLARS AG/TON (1902 PRICES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.2153, 43.9075

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 E
    Dip 75E
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE AMOUNTS OF VUGGY VEIN QUARTZ FLOAT ALL OVER THE RIDGES IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF LAKE FAIRLEE.
  • Large Amounts of Vuggy Vein Quartz Float All Over the Ridges Immediately North of Lake Fairlee.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1902, THIRD REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, (1901-1902) LYON CO. PRINTERS, ALBANY, NY., P. 79

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, N H., P. 19-20.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G. H., 1902, 3rd Annual Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industry And Geology Of Vermont (1901-1902): Lyon Company Printers, Albany, New York.Perkins, G. H., 1902, 3rd Annual Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industry And Geology Of Vermont (1901-1902): Lyon Company Printers, Albany, New York.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR THE HOST ROCKS

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

Beyond USGS

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