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Past Producer in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodity Lead
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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 10081595
MRDS ID W033726
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.07562, 43.8614 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 1.6 MILES EAST OF LEICESTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(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 Addison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.07562, 43.8614
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 60NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johnson, A. E.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Serf
    Home office Leicester, Vt (Unlisted Phone)

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 SHAFT IS PRESENT AND FILLED WITH WATER. A SUBSTANTIAL DUMP IS PRESENT, THEREFORE A FAIR QUANTITY OF ROCK WAS REMOVED. SHAFT IS POSSIBLY 50 FT DEEP, MAXIMUM.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED TO SUPPLY LEAD TO THE LEICESTER PAINT WORKS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH. P. 25.

  • Deposit

    HOOKER, H., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    BEERS, F.W. ET AL, 1869, ATLAS OF ADDISON CO., VT. NEW YORK, NY.

  • Deposit

    Beers, F.W., 1869, Atlas Of Windsor County, Vermont: Beers Ellis And Sovle, New York, New York.Beers, F.W., 1869, Atlas Of Windsor County, Vermont: Beers Ellis And Sovle, New York, New York.

  • 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
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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