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Unnamed Base Metal Prospect

Occurrence in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081594
MRDS ID W033725
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Base Metal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.02062, 43.7814 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 3.45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Forestdale Marble
    Rock description Forestdale Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.02062, 43.7814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N25W
    Dip 40SW
    Thickness 0.3M

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 Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co. And St. Joseph Lead Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Goodnew Orchards Inc Rfd #3 Brandon, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT WITH DUMPS 100 FT. TO THE SOUTH.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED DURING THE 1950'S BUT NEVER PRODUCED SINCE NO AGREEMENT WITH LAND OWNERS COULD BE REACHED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, S., 1983, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Clark, S., 1984, Personal Communication.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA OCCURS WITH COARSE CALCITE CRYSTALS ON THE EDGES OF QUARTZ VEINS AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, IN THE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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