Montgomery Center Talc Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096652
MRDS ID W044163
Record type Site
Current site name Montgomery Center Talc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.63369, 44.8672 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Relative position 1.45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROUTE 118 AND 58 JUNCTION, MONTGOMERY CTR, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Hollow Mountains(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 Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • A NEW ACCESS ROAD HAS BEEN PUT IN AND APROACHES THE WORKINGS FROM THE WEST, STARTING 2 MILES SW OF MONTGOMERY CTR, VT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore
Magnesite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica 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
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 65 SW
    Width 54.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roger Dewyea
    Home office Milton, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF SHAFT IS UNKNOWN AND WAS RECENTLY BACK-FILLED WITH STUMPS AND WASTE FROM THE MINE DUMP.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT "A FEW THOUSAND TONS" OR "SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS" DEPENDING ON THE SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE OF THE ORE BODY (CHIDESTER ET AL, 1951). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP REPRESENTS THE ATTITUDE OF THE COUNTRY ROCK. LENSES APPEAR TO PARALLEL THIS ATTITUDE.

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.