Cooper Hill Mine

Occurrence in Windham 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081582
MRDS ID W033700
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.81282, 42.94861 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position 0.65 MILES NORTHWEST 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)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE DESCRIBE SITE AS BEING 250 YARDS WEST OF THE ROAD.
  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee (1964).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Mica Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Ottauquechee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.81282, 42.94861

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LAMINATIONS AND LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Matt, Ernest
    Home office 105 Chapel St. Yalesville, CT

Comments on the workings information

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE REPORT A TUNNEL IN THE AREA. NONE WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED; THEREFORE TRUE EXTENT OF WORKINGS IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • MAY HAVE SUPPLIED A FURNACE WHICH OPERATED ON THE DEERFIELD RIVER JUST WEST OF COOPER HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH) P. 17.

  • Deposit

    SKENAN, 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.

  • 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 A Jeep Trail Continues Southwest From the Home and Driveway of George Watkins, and Traverses Up A Northerly Slope To the Quarry.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.