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Phelps Iron Mine

Past Producer in Orleans 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081574
MRDS ID W033685
Record type Site
Current site name Phelps Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Phelps Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.38888, 44.94498 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH TROY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Troy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orleans

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ALSO THAT OF AN ULTRAMAFIC BODY IDENTIFIED BY CADY, ALBEE AND CHIDESTER (1963)
  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Serpentine Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation;Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation;Ottauquechee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.38888, 44.94498
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINITE POD OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO FORMATIONS LISTED.
  • Serpentinite Pod Occurs At the Contact Between the Two Formations Listed.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1833
Discoverer Mr. John Gale
Year of first production 1835
Year of last production 1845

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Francis Fisher Boston, Ma.

Comments on development

  • ORE SUPPLIED A FURNACE JUST TO THE SOUTH ON THE MISSISQUOI RIVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLGY OF VERMONT; (CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH.)

  • Deposit

    MORRILL P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH.) P.46.

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M, ALBEE, A.L. AND CHIDESTER, A.H., BEDROCK GEOLOGY AND ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER MISSISQUOI VALLEY AND VICINITY, VERMONT. USGS BULLETIN NO. 1122-B.

  • Deposit

    SUMNER, S., 1860, A HISTORY OF THE MISSISQUOI VALLEY. ORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (EARLE BOOK PRINTER, IRASBURGH. VT)

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Chidester, A.H., 1963, Bedrock Geology And Asbestos Deposits Of The Upper Missisquoi Valley And Vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1122-B, 78pCady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Chidester, A.H., 1963, Bedrock Geology And Asbestos Deposits Of The Upper Missisquoi Valley And Vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1122-B, 78p

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR THE SCHISTOSITY.

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-DEC-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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