Forestdale Deposit

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089831
MRDS ID W033720
Record type Site
Current site name Forestdale Deposit
Alternate or previous names Conant's Ore Bed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.04872, 43.825 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 0.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORESTDALE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Lignite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50% FE FOR FE ORE
Result 39% FE, 3% SI, 0.05% P AND 13.05% MN FOR MN ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Cheshire Quartzite
    Rock description Cheshire Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.04872, 43.825

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL PODS AND FAIRLY COMPLETE BEDS
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1785
Year of first production 1785
Year of last production 1857

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brandon Iron And Car Wheel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sarwalsto Corp. (Goldstein, Et Al) Broadway Ny, Ny

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.804HA
    Overall depth 67.06M
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1945 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, BURLINGTON, VT., 92 P.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT, EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL, AND PEAT. USGS MAP, MR-5, SCALE 1:500000.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH., VOL 2, P 559-982.

  • Deposit

    BRANDON VT; A HISTORY OF THE TOWN 1761-1961. TOWN OF BRANDON, 1961.

  • Deposit

    HORN, W., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Adams, C.B., 1845, First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont.Adams, C.B., 1845, First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont.

  • Deposit

    Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

Beyond USGS

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