Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrences

Occurrence in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089842
MRDS ID W033961
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrences
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.78891, 44.2772 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position FROM 0.5 TO 3.2 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH DUXBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • TALC BODIES ARE 1.3 MILES NORTH, 0.8 AND 1.4 MILES SOUTH AND AT THE LOCATION GIVEN. THE TALC BODIES FORM A 2.7 MILE LONG NS TREND WEST OF RT. 100.
  • All Talc Bodies Are Within 1.4 Miles of the Location Given

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.78891, 44.2772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODIES ARE ENCLOSED BY THE HAZENS NOTCH FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Bodies Are Enclosed By the Hazens Notch Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

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.