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Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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 10081624
MRDS ID W033883
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.77372, 42.91251 (WGS84)
Elevation 497
Relative position 5.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(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

  • OLD QUARRY IS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF A SMALL HILL, WEST OF STRATTON HILL AND WEST OF THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT WAS QUARRIED FOR SOAPSTONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Magnesite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.77372, 42.91251
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD OR LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY OCCURS WITHIN THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION. THE SOAPSTONE CONTAINS RHOMBS OF MAGNESITE UP TO 2 CENTIMETERS ACROSS A FACE.
  • The Ultramafic Body Occurs Within the Missisquoi Formation. The Soapstone Contains Rhombs of Magnesite Up To 2 Centimeters Across A Face.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gabrielson Marlboro, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.044HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TRENCH IS 25 FEET DEEP AT ITS DEEPEST POINT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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