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Unnamed Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089821
MRDS ID W033679
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.81121, 44.9972 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MILES NORTH OF WEST BERKSHIRE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enosburg Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(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 Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • Location Taken From Hitchcock'S 1861 Map.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Underhill Formation, White Brook Member;Pinnacle Formation
    Rock description Underhill Formation, White Brook Member;Pinnacle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.81121, 44.9972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip STEEPLY E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDETERMINED SINCE SITE WAS NOT LOCATED.

Comments on development

  • HITCHCOCK MAKES NO MENTION OF THE ORE EVERY BEING DEVELOPED FOR PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT; IN REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH., VOL. 2.

  • Deposit

    DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ENOSBURG AREA, VERMONT; UGS BULLETIN NO. 23.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE A HEMATITE-RICH ZONE IN THE WHITE BROOK DOLOMITE
Deposit WHERE THE WHITE BROOK DOLOMITE OUTCROPS TO THE SOUTH IN FAIRFAX, VT IT IS OFTEN HEMATITE-RICH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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