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Weston Uranium Occurrence #3, Route 155

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090149
MRDS ID W033737
Record type Site
Current site name Weston Uranium Occurrence #3, Route 155
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79172, 43.3503 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 4.1 MILES NORTH OF WESTON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • OUTCROP NEXT TO ROUTE 155.
  • +/-300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE
Result 28 PPM U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Mount Holly Complex
    Rock description Mount Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79172, 43.3503
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granitic Gneiss, Mt Holly Complex

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • Associated With Anatectic and Other Vein-Type Occurrences In the Region; Exposure Under Investigated By Private Companies, 1979.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Comments on development

  • HIGH RADIATION DETECTED BY A SCINTILLOMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., UNPUBLISHED FIELD REPORTS ON THE OKEMO STATE FOREST.

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A. 1984, Unpublished Map Of Okemos State Forest, Vermont.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS READINGS ARE SPOT OCCURRENCES IN A COARSE GRAINED SCHIST ALONG FOLIATION PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-APR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADDED HOST ROCK; CHANGED STATUS TO PROSPECT; ADDED GEOL COMMENTS; LOCATION COMMENTS
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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