Five Corners Mine

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Asbestos, Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081641
MRDS ID W033906
Record type Site
Current site name Five Corners Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.67891, 43.52969 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position 3.1 MILES EAST OF PLYMOUTH UNION, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(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

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE PLYMOUTH FIVE CORNERS AREA ONTHE NORTHWEST BRANCH OF BROAD BROOK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARIETY KNOWN AS SLIP-FIBER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Antigorite Ore
Tremolite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Talc Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Ottauquechee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.67891, 43.52969

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD OR LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS ENCLOSED BY THE OTTAUQUECHEE FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Body Is Enclosed By the Ottauquechee Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont, Calvin Coolidge State Forest.
    Home office Vermont

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL PIT WAS SUNK IN THE AMPHIBOLITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.35.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, E.L., 1928, GEOLOGY OF PLYMOUTH AND BRIDGEWATER, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 16TH REPORT (1927-1928), P.40.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1916, THE TALC AND VERD ANTIQUE DEPOSITS OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 10TH REPORT (1915-1916), PP. 258-259.

  • Deposit

    WIGGLESWORTH, E., 1916, THE SERPENTINES OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 10TH REPORT (1915-1916), PP 281-292.

  • Deposit

    CHIDESTER, A.H., BILLINGS, M.P. AND CADY, W.M., 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT: USGS CIRCULAR 95, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1899, The Slate Belt Of Eastern New York And Western Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey 19th Annual Report, 1897-98, Part Ii, P. 153-307.Dale, T.N., 1899, The Slate Belt Of Eastern New York And Western Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey 19th Annual Report, 1897-98, Part Ii, P. 153-307.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., Hillebrand, W.F., Eckel, E.C., And Coons, T.A., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 586, 220 P.Dale, T.N., Hillebrand, W.F., Eckel, E.C., And Coons, T.A., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 586, 220 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1934, 19th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1933-1934).Jacobs, E.C., 1934, 19th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1933-1934).

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-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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