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Unnamed Soapstone Quarry

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081679
MRDS ID W033964
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Soapstone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.63841, 43.8397 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 0.9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE JCT. OF RTS 12 AND 107 EAST, BETHEL, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel(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

  • LOCATION IS FROM HITCHCOCK'S (1861) GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT
  • Site Is Within 1000 Feet of Location Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS QUARRIED FOR SOAPSTONE

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 > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation, Barnard Volcanic Member
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Barnard Volcanic Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.63841, 43.8397
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE STEATITE POD IS ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION.
  • The Steatite Pod Is Enclosed By the Missisquoi 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 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENING WAS 4 RODS WIDE AND 15 FEET DEEP (HITCHCOCK, 1861)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861. THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), PP. 539-540.

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H. JR., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 21, PLATE 1.

  • 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

    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.

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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