Sterling Pond Talc Deposit

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093855
MRDS ID W033937
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Pond Talc Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.77172, 44.55609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 0.85 MILES EAST OF THE LONG TRAIL NORTH ON ROUTE 108

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Mansfield(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

  • TAKE THE LONG TRAIL NORTH FROM SMUGGLERS NOTCH TO STERLING POND, EXPOSURES OF TALC ARE IN THE TRAIL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE POND.
  • Talc Outcrops Extend 1500 Feet East and West of Location

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue
Magnesite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hazens Notch Formation
    Rock description Hazens Notch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
    Plunge S

Comments on the geologic information

  • TALC OCCURS AS PODS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCK ENCLOSED BY THE HAZENS NOTCH FORMATION.
  • Talc Occurs As Pods of Ultramafic Rock Enclosed By the Hazens Notch Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont
    Home office Vermont

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHIDESTER (1953) INDICATES THAT THE DEPOSIT SEEMS TO BE LARGE AND OF GOOD QUALITY. RESERVES ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL MILLION TONS.

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-JUL-1985 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.