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Cookville Mine

Past Producer in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100275
MRDS ID W033632
Record type Site
Current site name Cookville Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Mining Farm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.2898, 44.0108 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 0.90 MILES SOUTH OF COOKVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Topsham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(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

  • MINE IS 950 FT EAST OF OLD ROAD LEADING SOUTH FROM COOKVILLE WHERE THE ROAD PASSES THROUGH A SADDLE IN THE RIDGE. -MINE IS ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPE OF THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED AT 1% CU BY WHITE AND ERIC (1944).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.2898, 44.0108
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 55W
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A DIORITE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE SHAFT BUT ITS TIME-STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION IS NOT KNOWN.
  • A Diorite Was Encountered In the Shaft But Its Time-Stratigraphic Correlation Is Not Known.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer Joseph K. Darling

Mining district

District name Orange County Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.526HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS ARE LOCATED ALONG STRIKE OF THE DEPOSIT. THE CENTRAL PIT IS 300 FEET LONG AND A 15 FOOT SHAFT IS SUNK- IN ITS CENTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HISTORY OF CORINTH, VT; 1764-1964, BY THE TOWN OF CORINTH HISTORY COMMITTEE, CORINTH, VT., 1864.

  • Deposit

    SLACK, J., 1985, USGS-EMR, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    History Of Corinth, Vt; 1764-1964, By The Town Of Corinth History Committee, Corinth, Vt., 1864.History Of Corinth, Vt; 1764-1964, By The Town Of Corinth History Committee, Corinth, Vt., 1864.

  • Deposit

    Slack, J., 1985, Usgs, Personal Communication.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE LACKING SINCE SITE IS NOT EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED.

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

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