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Unnamed Talc Occurrence

Occurrence in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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 10089845
MRDS ID W033967
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Talc Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.8184, 44.93829 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST OF THE BRIDGE IN ENOSBURG FALLS, VT.

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

  • FROM HITCHCOCKS MAP THE SITE APPEARS TO BE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTCORNER OF BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP.
  • Location From Hitchcock (1861).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pinnacle Formation, Tibbit Hill Volcanic Member
    Rock description Pinnacle Formation, Tibbit Hill Volcanic Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.8184, 44.93829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), P. 542., GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT.

  • Deposit

    DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ENOSBURG AREA, VERMONT: UGS BULLETIN NO. 23, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Enosburg Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 23, 56 P.Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Enosburg Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 23, 56 P.

  • 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 THIS MINERAL SITE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED BY ANY SUBSEQUENT GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE AREA. THE SITES VALIDITY IS QUESTIONABLE. ; 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
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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