Unnamed Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093841
MRDS ID W033460
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, Copper Ledges

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.69482, 43.895 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES EAST, SOUTHEAST OF BEANVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Randolph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE TATRO RD. NORTH OR BETHEL GILEAD, VT. MINERALIZED OUTCROPS ARE ON THE SIDEHILL IMMEDIATELY WEST, SOUTHWEST OF THE GENERAL THOMAS MONUMENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.69482, 43.895

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 75 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eugene Plastrik
    Home office Box 447 Gardner, Ma 01440

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 21, P 91

  • Deposit

    Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP GIVEN IS FOR THE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.