Churchill Prospect

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081597
MRDS ID W033728
Record type Site
Current site name Churchill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, Churchhill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.08698, 43.83544 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 1.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORESTDALE, 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT THE SUMMIT OF LION HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrolusite Gangue

Analytical data

Result UP TO 12% ZN, LESS THAN 1% PB AND CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Danby Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 228.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Sulfides In Monkton Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Labradex Toronto, Ontario
  • Type Owner
    Owner Trudo, Robert And Sue
    Home office Rfd #2 Brandon, Vt

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 OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF SHAFT OPENING

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED EXTENSIVELY BY NEW JERSEY ZINC DURING THE 1950'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADDED MODEL
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

Beyond USGS

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