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Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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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 10081569
MRDS ID W033653
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.99392, 43.7289 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 1.0 MILE SOUTHWEST OF NORTH CHITTENDEN, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chittenden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST EAST OF WEST ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Winooski Dolomite/Limestone;Saxe Brook Dolomite
    Rock description Winooski Dolomite/Limestone;Saxe Brook Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.99392, 43.7289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Jack Hitchcock, Pittsford, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.329HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY SUPPLIED ORE TO GRANGER'S FURNACE WHICH IS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 34

  • 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.

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

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