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Occurrence in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090144
MRDS ID W033712
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.98758, 42.8947 (WGS84)
Elevation 707
Relative position 6.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Snow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 9, 0.55 MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 11 PPM TRIURANIUMOCTOXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mount Holly Complex
    Rock description Mount Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.98758, 42.8947
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALY OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE AND THE GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer Michael Field

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY DETECTED BY A SCINTILLOMETER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD, M.T. AND TRUESDELL, D.B., 1982, NURE, ALBANY QUADRANGLE, MA, NY, CT, VT AND NH. BENDIX FIELD ENG. CORP., GRAND JUNCTION OP., FOR US DEPT. OF ENERGY.

  • Deposit

    SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-APR-1986 Mcbean, A.J. (Ratte, C.A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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