Cushman Hill Talc Mine

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081653
MRDS ID W033921
Record type Site
Current site name Cushman Hill Talc Mine
Alternate or previous names Cushman Hill Mine, Site Includes the Hubbard Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75952, 43.86439 (WGS84)
Elevation 588
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST, SOUTHEAST OF THE PARK IN ROCHESTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White 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

  • TURN NE JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NASON BROOK AND THE BETHEL MTN. ROAD. THE ROAD LEADS JUST WEST OF THE CUSHMAN HILL MINE.
  • Location Given Is For the Cushman Hill Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75952, 43.86439

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODIES ARE ENCLOSED BY THE OTTAUQUECHEE FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Bodies Are Enclosed By the Ottauquechee Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Talc Co. Rochester, Vt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shepeg Inc. Rochester, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVE-INS IN THE AREA MAKE IT HARD TO DETERMINE THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF THE WORKINGS. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN NOT MORE THAN 100 FEET IN ANY DIRECTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DALE (19 ) SHOWS THE HUBBARD PROSPECT APPROXIMATELY 0.4 MILES NORTH OF CUSHMAN HILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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

Beyond USGS

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