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Occurrence in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081583
MRDS ID W033702
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.4731, 43.16579 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position 2.95 MILES NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION, ROUTES 121 AND 5 IN BELLOWS FALLS, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellows Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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

  • LOCATED JUST 50 FEET EAST OF DIRT ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE WAS FOUND IN THE DUMPS BUT NO GALENA OR SILVER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Littleton Formation;Post Pond Member, Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Littleton Formation;Post Pond Member, Gile Mountain Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.4731, 43.16579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N10E
    Dip 85SE
    Thickness 0.61M

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 Leslie And Barbara Wetherell Stow, Ma 07775

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE WATER-FILLED ADIT IS PRESENT. DEPTH UNKNOWN. A QUARRY TO THE SOUTH WAS OPENED FOR RIPRAP AND THE QUARTZ VEINS ARE VISIBLE THERE AS WELL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM. (HANOVER, NH), P. 38

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

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