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Mallets Head Marble Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081760
MRDS ID W044088
Record type Site
Current site name Mallets Head Marble Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.23423, 44.5622 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAYSIDE, COLCHESTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Chittenden

Comments on the location information

  • MANY SMALL QUARRIES AND PROSPECTS LOCATED ON MALLETS HEAD. THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY ANOTHER QUARRY 1 MILE SOUTH OF MALLETS HEAD ON THE HILL.
  • Quarries East and West of Location Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Formation
    Rock description Dunham Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.23423, 44.5622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10-25 W
    Dip 15 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARRIED STONE WAS A BRECCIA FOUND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE CHAMPLAIN THRUST FAULT.
  • The Quarried Stone Was A Breccia Found Near the Contact With the Champlain Thrust Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mallets Bay Club
    Home office Colchester, Vt

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SMALL QUARRIES OPENED ON LEDGE FACES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 14.

  • Deposit

    STONE, S.W. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, VT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 26, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE WAS BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED WITH A HEMATITIC MATRIX.

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

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