Lily Pond Prospect

Occurrence in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodities Iron, Lead
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 10081560
MRDS ID W033638
Record type Site
Current site name Lily Pond Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59781, 43.0864 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 4.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOWNSHEND, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westminster West(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA REPORTED BY MORRILL AND CHAFFEE BUT NONE WAS FOUND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 55SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GALENA MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH MARBLE BEDS FOUND IN THE GNEISS. THE MARBLE HORIZONS WERE NOT SEEN.
  • Galena May Be Associated With Marble Beds Found In the Gneiss. The Marble Horizons Were Not Seen.

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. Herbert F. Jurgeleit Deer Valley Rd. Townshend, Vt.05353

Comments on the workings information

  • NO PROSPECT PITS WERE LOCATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, (HANOVER, NH), P. 2.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C. ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT. (STATE OF VERMONT; MONTPELIER, VT).

  • 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

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE CLOTS OF MAGNETITE RANDOMLY SCATTERED ALONG THE FOLIATION PLANES OF THE GNEISS.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.