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Unnamed Chromite Prospect

Occurrence in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081578
MRDS ID W033691
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Chromite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.76172, 42.95691 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 2.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOVER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(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

Comments on the location information

  • SKEHAN (1961) DESCRIBES A NICKEL-RICH ZONE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF ADAMS AND BEMIS BROOKS. CHROME MINE MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ZONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHROMITE OCCURS AS MASSIVE PODS AND VEINS IN MANY ULTRAMAFIC BODIES IN VERMONT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.76172, 42.95691
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION.
  • Ultramafic Body Is Enclosed By the Missisquoi Formation. Assumed To Be Associated With Large Ultramafic Body. Lower Ordivician.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DESCRIBED AS A MINE BUT EXTENT OF WORKINGS IS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1945, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT. CHAUNCEY GOODRICH. (BURLINGTON, VT), P. 27.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM. (HANOVER, NH), P. 31.

  • Deposit

    SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 17.

  • Deposit

    Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORRILL AND CHAFFEE (1964) REPORT A CHROMITE MINE AS AN UNLOCATED SITE.IN NEWFANE, VT.
Deposit THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY DESCRIBED IS THE LARGEST IN NEWFANE. ANOTHER BODY TO THE NORTHEAST WAS QUARRIED FOR TALC IN TH-E PAST. CHROMITE COULD BE FOUND AT EITHER SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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
Updater 01-APR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor FIXED REFERENCE FIELD, WHICH CONTAINED LOCATION COMMENTS FOR NORCROSS QUARRY.
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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