Unnamed Uranium Anomaly

Occurrence in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081567
MRDS ID W033649
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Anomaly
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.83952, 43.11221 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 3.1 MILES WEST, NORTHWEST OF JAMAICA, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamaica(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)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • ANOMALY EXTENDS FROM THE PINNACLE TO COLLEGE HILL. IT IS ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE PINNACLE AND ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF COLLEGE HILL.
  • Anomaly Extends 1.25 Miles Nw and Se of Location

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS OF URANIUM EXIST.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mount Holly Complex
    Rock description Mount Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.83952, 43.11221

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Urangesellschaft, Usa Denver, Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Urangesellschaft, Usa Returned Mineral Rights In 1980.

Comments on development

  • GOOD ORE WAS FOUND BUT ANTI-URANIUM MINING/MILLING LEGISLATION PASSED BY VERMONT RESULTED IN URANGESELLSCHAFT'S WITHDRAWAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    PREISS, R. ET AL., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING SELECTED PRECAMBRIAN TERRAIN IN SOUTHERN HALF OF VERMONT . URANGESELLSCHAFT, USA. UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    Preiss, R., And Others, 1979, Preliminary Geologic Map Showing Selected Precambrian Terrain In The Southern Half Of Vermont: Unpublished Map From Urangellschaft, Usa.Preiss, R., And Others, 1979, Preliminary Geologic Map Showing Selected Precambrian Terrain In The Southern Half Of Vermont: Unpublished Map From Urangellschaft, Usa.

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A., 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-NOV-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.