Eastern Magnesia Talc Mine

Past Producer in Lamoille 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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089887
MRDS ID W044155
Record type Site
Current site name Eastern Magnesia Talc Mine
Alternate or previous names Johnson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.64391, 44.6675 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position 2.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOHNSON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson(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 Lamoille

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION GIVEN IS AT THE SHAFT COLLAR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore
Magnesite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    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) -72.64391, 44.6675

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 75 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY OCCURS AS IRREGULAR LENSES WITHIN THE HAZENS NOTCH FORMATION
  • The Ultramafic Body Occurs As Irregular Lenses Within the Hazens Notch Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1975

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eastern Magnesia Talc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2286M
    Overall depth 77.42M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH TAKEN FROM SHAFT COLLAR TO LOWEST LEVEL WORKED. THE LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS THE TOTAL FROM ALL LEVELS IN 1951.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS A SINGLE BODY 180 FEET THICK AT THE SOUTHERN END BUT IS REPRESENTED BY FIVE LENSES IN THE NORTHERNMOST WORKINGS.
Deposit IN 1951 IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 50,000 TONS OF ORE WERE RAISED ANNUALLY. IN 1954 PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED AT 22,000 TONS OF PRODUCT ANNUALLY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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-MAY-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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