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Unnamed Iron Mine

Past Producer in Chittenden 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081579
MRDS ID W033695
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.13483, 44.5994 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES NE OF THE JCT. OF ROUTES 2 AND 7, CHIMNEY CORNERS, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Chittenden

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE NEAR SUMMIT OR ON SOUTHERN SLOPE OF COBBLE HILL. THIS IS WHERE FAVORABLE SOURCE ROCKS OCCUR.
  • Ore Was Mined In the Vicinity of Cobble Hill

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 Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite
    Rock description Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dunham Dolostone
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN AND THEREFORE OWNERSHIP IS UNKNOWN

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

    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).

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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