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Unnamed Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081556
MRDS ID W033634
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.3126, 43.7289 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Relative position 1.05 MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST OF NORWICH, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hanover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits 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 200 YARDS NORTHEAST OF ATHLETIC FIELDS ON TURNPIKE ROAD, NORTHWEST OF NORWICH; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Orfordville Formation, Post Pond Member
    Rock description Orfordville Formation, Post Pond Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.3126, 43.7289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

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 Dr. Maurice Logan Turnpike Road Norwich, Vt. (802) 649-1107

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.009HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CUT AND SHAFT. DEPTH OF SHAFT IS A FIGURE GIVEN BY OWNERS WIFE AS SHE REMEMBERED THE SITE. THEY HAVE HAD IT BACKFILLED. SMALL DUMP LOCATED JUST EAST OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, N.H.) P. 32.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, M., 1984, (MRS.) PERSONAL 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.

  • Deposit

    Logan, M., 1984, Personal Communication

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-OCT-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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