Chateauguay Area

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Iron, Gold
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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096644
MRDS ID W033598
Record type Site
Current site name Chateauguay Area
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.70282, 43.66189 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3.8 MILES NW OF BRIDGEWATER CENTER, VT; 0.4 MILES W OF CHATEAUGUAY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delectable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION AND GEODETIC COORDINATES ARE TAKEN AT A POINT CENTRAL TO THE FOUR DUMPS IN THE AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PRESENCE OF GOLD IS QUESTIONABLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation Whetstone Hill And Moretown Members
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation Whetstone Hill And Moretown Members
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.70282, 43.66189

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • RELATIONSHIP OF QUARTZ VEIN TO CLEAVAGE/BEDDING OF ENCLOSING FORMATION IS UNKNOWN.
  • Relationship of Quartz Vein To Cleavage/Bedding of Enclosing Formation Is Unknown.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chateauguay Gold Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Duane Wilson,
    Home office Bridgewater Corners, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL (FOUR OR FIVE) DUMPS ARE LOCATED IN THE AREA. NONE OF THEM INDICATE THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL WAS MOVED.

Comments on development

  • IT APPEARS THAT A LARGE QUARTZ VEIN(S) SHOWING MINERALIZATION WAS EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE AND MANY SMALL EXCAVATIONS WERE MADE ON IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEERS, F.W., 1869, ATLAS OF WINDSOR COUNTY, VERMONT. BEERS, ELLIS AND SOULE, NEW YORK, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    CHATELAIN, M., ET AL., 1970, CHATEAUGUAY-A STUDY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL PATTERNS IN A 19TH CENTURY VT. SETTLEMENT: OFF CAMPUS STUDY PROGRAM, SOC. 63, HUMAN COMMUNITIES, OTTAUGUECHEE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, WOODSTOCK, VT. UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IS VUGGY. MANY VUGS ARE FILLED WITH LIMONITE INDICATING THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF SULFIDES AT SOME TIME.
Deposit MANY OF THE SMALL GOLD DIGGINGS IN THIS AREA MAY HAVE BEEN ONLY STOCK PROMOTIONS. ACTUAL GOLD PRODUCTION WAS NEVER VERIFIED ALTHOUGH QUARTZ CRUSHERS WERE BUILT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 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

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