Okemo No. 2 & 8 Uranium Occurrences

Occurrence in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093848
MRDS ID W033724
Record type Site
Current site name Okemo No. 2 & 8 Uranium Occurrences
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75122, 43.40439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1015
Relative position 2.5 MILES W, NW OF LUDLOW, JCT. RTES. 100 AND 103.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Holly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • TAKE ACCESS ROAD TO OKEMO SKI AREA. CONTINUE PAST SKI AREA TO TOP OF LUDLOW MTN. AND LOOKOUT TOWER.
  • +/-300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Staining

Analytical data

Result 3000 PPM U (1979)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75122, 43.40439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tourmaline-Biotite Schists And Tourmaline-Quartz-Microcline Pegmatites

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 30NE
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANIUM OCCURS IN PEGMATITE LENSES WITHIN THE MT. HOLLY COMPLEX.
  • Apparently Solutions Have Migrated Along Fractures and Schistose Foliation Within Micaceous Units. Source Not Clear, But Probably Related To the Tourmaline Pegmatites So Abundant In the Area.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Discoverer Greg Mchone

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont
    Home office Montpelier, VT 05602

Comments on development

  • PICKED UP HIGH RADIATION COUNT ON SCINTILLOMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A. ET AL, UNPUBLISHED FIELD MAPS OF THE OKEMO STATE FOREST.

  • Deposit

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

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
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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