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Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081598
MRDS ID W033730
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.74062, 43.4053 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Relative position 2.0 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROUTE 100S-103 JUNCTION IN LUDLOW, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black 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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE BEDROCK OF THE SKI TRAIL CALLED UPPER CHIEF AT AN ELEVATION OF 2830 FEET, OKEMO SKI AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 9100 COUNTS PER SECOND ON A SPECTROMETER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.74062, 43.4053
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME ANOMALOUS OUTCROPS APPEAR TO BE SHEAR ZONES RATHER THAN WELL DEFINED FOLIATION PLANES.
  • Some Anomalous Outcrops Appear To Be Shear Zones Rather Than Well Defined Foliation Planes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer Eric Lapp

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont

Comments on development

  • HIGH RADIATION COUNT PICKED UP BY A SPECTROMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, CHARLES, A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A. ET AL, UNPUBLISHED FIELD MAPS OF THE OKEMO STATE FOREST

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A. 1984, Unpublished Map Of Okemos State Forest, Vermont.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALY LOCATED ALONG FOLIATION PLANES OF A QUARTZITE.

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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