Chester Mica Prospect

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Mica
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081811
MRDS ID W044183
Record type Site
Current site name Chester Mica Prospect
Alternate or previous names Also the Site of the Gosselin Granite Quarry.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59761, 43.28939 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position MORRILL AND CHAFFEE SAY IT IS 2 MILES NORTH OF CHESTER VILLAGE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut 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

  • SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN TREBO ROAD AND RT 103.
  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Mica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE AREA HAS A HIGH RADIATION COUNT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mt Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.59761, 43.28939

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • USED THE STONE LOCALLY AS A BUILDING STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

Beyond USGS

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