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Past Producer in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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 10081575
MRDS ID W033686
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Alternate or previous names Woodford Hollow Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.12643, 42.89581 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.8 MILES EAST OF BENNINGTON, VT, JUNCTION OF 9 AND 7.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(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 Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • KAOLIN DEPOSIT REPORTED BY MORRILL AND CHAFFEE ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE ELBOW. IRON ORE MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
  • Ore Bed Located Near Furnace. Location Is For Furnace

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dalton Formation;Cheshire Formation
    Rock description Dalton Formation;Cheshire Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.12643, 42.89581

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 1800
Year of last production 1815

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hunt And Quimby
  • Type Owner
    Owner Uncertain Since Exact Location Of Site Is Unknown

Comments on development

  • THE WOODFORD FURNACE USED ORE TO PRODUCE IRON FOR ANCHORS UNTIL ABOUT 1810 WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT AND USED TO SUPPLY CHARCOAL TO EAST BENNINGTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROLANDO, V., 1984, 200 YEARS OF SOOT AND SWEAT; A HISTORY AND FIELD GUIDE TO VERMONT IRON AND CHARCOAL INDUSTRIES. UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH). P. 54.

  • Deposit

    Rolando, V. 1984. 200 Years Of Soot And Sweat: A History And Field Guide To Vermont Iron And Charcoal Industries: (Unpublished).Rolando, V. 1984. 200 Years Of Soot And Sweat: A History And Field Guide To Vermont Iron And Charcoal Industries: (Unpublished).

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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