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Occurrence in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096646
MRDS ID W033651
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.3451, 43.87809 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position 1.0 MILE EAST OF OLD CITY, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vershire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ammonoosuc 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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF GOVE MINE ALONG STRIKE OF THE VEIN, ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF RIDGE THE GOVE MINE IS LOCATED ON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.3451, 43.87809
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N60W
    Dip 45 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orange County Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rowland Eastman
    Home office Rr1 Box 129 Strafford, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS ARE PRESENT. A SMALL OPENING NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL AND A LARGER TRENCH ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCBEAN, A., 1984, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTEBOOK. VGS FILE, P. 57

  • Deposit

    Mcbean, A., 1984, Unpublished Field Notebook. Vermont Geological Survey File, P. 57.Mcbean, A., 1984, Unpublished Field Notebook. Vermont Geological Survey File, P. 57.

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

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