Mcgurry Garnet Mine

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Mica, Garnet
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. 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 10081817
MRDS ID W044191
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgurry Garnet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.61451, 43.3311 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 0.65 MILES NORTHWEST OF GASSETTS, 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

  • THE MINE OR QUARRY WAS BURIED BY THE UPGRADING OF ROUTE 103. THE OLD WINDSOR MINERALS TALC MILL WAS THE PROCESSING PLANT FOR THE MICA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Garnet Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cavendish Formation
    Rock description Cavendish Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLL (1961) IS NOT SURE OF THE STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF THIS OUTCROP. HE PLACES A QUESTION MARK NEXT TO HIS DESIGNATION.
  • Doll (1961) Is Not Sure of the Stratigraphic Correlation of This Outcrop. He Places A Question Mark Next To His Designation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1945

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Windsor Minerals, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont / Clyde Barton (Owns Old Mill)
    Home office Perkinsville, VT

Comments on development

  • WINDSOR MINERALS CONVERTED THE MICA MILL TO A TALC MILL WHEN FRANK GASSETT DISCONTINUED MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 13.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1985, LOCAL RESIDENT.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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