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Unnamed Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089830
MRDS ID W033703
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.27009, 43.7625 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position 1.95 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF UNION VILLAGE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Strafford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits 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

  • FOLLOW LOGGING ROAD NORTHWEST FROM UNION VILLAGE ROAD. AT CREST OF HILL 0.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODRICH FOUR CORNERS, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Post Pond Volcanics, Orfordville Formation
    Rock description Post Pond Volcanics, Orfordville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.27009, 43.7625
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30-50E
    Dip 50-70SE
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orange Co. Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Helena Johnson Norwich, Vt

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS HAVE BEEN DUG ALONG THE MINERALIZED HORIZON. A SECOND PIT IS LOCATED 0.2 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF LOCATION GIVEN IN THE SADDLE BETWEEN MAIN PEAK AND SMALL PROMONTORY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R, 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM. (HANOVER, NH), P 32

  • 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 EXACT STRIKE AND DIP UNKNOWN DUE TO MAGNETIC NATURE OF THE OUTOROP

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-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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