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Unnamed Marble Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081660
MRDS ID W033929
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Marble Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.86062, 44.1633 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1.6 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF IRASVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waitsfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Washington

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS 0.3 MILES NORTH OF KEW HILL IN WAITSFIELD TOWNSHIP (CADY, ET AL, 1962).
  • Location From Cady, Et Al, 1962

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Hazens Notch Formation
    Rock description Hazens Notch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.86062, 44.1633
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 Camels Hump State Forest

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING FOR A SOURCE OF LIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., ALBEE, A.L., AND MURPHY, J.F., 1962, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LINCOLN MOUNTAIN QUADRANGE, VERMONT: USGS MAP, GQ-164

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.

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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