Stockbridge Talc Mines

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100279
MRDS ID W033952
Record type Site
Current site name Stockbridge Talc Mines
Alternate or previous names Includes the Durkee, Leonard and Greeley Mines.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.76901, 43.79337 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE GREELEY MINE, THE MOST DEVELOPED OF THE STOCKBRIDGE OCCURRENCES.
  • +/300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST OF THE ORE IS GRIT (TALC CARBONATE) WITH MINOR STEATITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Talc Ore
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Ottauquechee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Carbonate-Talc Schist, Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • Map Unit Is Serpentinite and Carbonate-Talc Schist and Gneiss; Age Is Ordivician/Precambrain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Talc Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK BEGAN UNDERGROUND BUT THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF THE CHAMBER TO FACILITATE MINING OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • SITE WAS ABANDONED DUE TO EASIER ACCESS TO ORE AT OTHER MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHIDESTER, A.H., BILLINGS, M.P. AND CADY, W.M., 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT: USGS CIRCULAR 95, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 43.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1914, THE TALC AND TALC DEPOSITS OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P. 413.

  • Deposit

    BAIN, G.W., 1936, SERPENTINIZATION OF VERMONT ULTRABASICS: GSA BULLETIN, VOL. 47, PP 1961-1980.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 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.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Quarry Survey Map: Rock Of Ages; Barre, Vt.

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-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADJUSTED LOCATION BASED ON WALSH AND FALTA; ADDED SYNONYMS, AGE, HOST ROCK
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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