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Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrences

Occurrence in Windsor 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081656
MRDS ID W033924
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrences
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.77483, 43.9233 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 3.3 MILES EAST OF HANCOCK, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hancock(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

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC PODS FORM A NS TREND ALONG THE WEST SLOPE OF THE BRAINTREE MOUNTAINS AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET.
  • Coordinates Are For the Center of A 2 Mile North-South Trend.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.77483, 43.9233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC PODS ARE ENCLOSED BY THE OTTOUGUECHEE FORMATION
  • The Ultramafic Pods Are Enclosed By the Ottouguechee Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OSBERG, P.H., 1952, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF ROCHESTER AND EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 5, PP. 68-71.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Osberg, P.H., 1952, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Rochester And East Middlebury, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 5.Osberg, P.H., 1952, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Rochester And East Middlebury, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE OSBERG (1952) FOR DETAILED LOCATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PODS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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