| Deposit ID | 10130553 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017532 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0500170004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elizabeth Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -72.3333, 43.8233 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 457 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
Vermont(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
South Strafford(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Mica | Unknown |
| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Tennantite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -72.3333, 43.8233 |
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| Strike | N07E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 65E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 10HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1793 |
| Year of first production | 1830 |
| District name | Vermont Copper Belt |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leonard Cook |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 351000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 351000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 351000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0500170004 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017532 | MAS references MRDS |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 010 COL 29 / COBALT ASSOCIATED WITH SOME PYRRHOTITE IN A 05 PERCENT QUANTITY - WAS NEVER RECOVERED REC 020 COLS 18-29 / 1967 INFORMATION, CURRENT OWNER UNDETER REC 070 - MINERAL DESCRIPTION - FIGURES FOR PYRITE ARE INCLU THOSE FOR PYRRHOTITE (REF 702) - SULPHIDES 90% PYRRHOTITE, 9 OPYRITE, 1% OTHER (REF 704,PG 19) REC 070 - MINERAL DESCRIPTION - ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS OF 800 OF ORE (REF 702,PG 7), IT CONTAINED 2.29% CU, 0.32% ZN, 36.4 3.02% S, 24.0% SI, 6.4% AL, 0.05 OZ/TON AG & TR. OF GOLD REC 040 COL 57 - REF 708 INDICATES POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF STREAMS DUE TO HIGHLY MINERALIZED EFFLUENT FROM MINE WORKIN REC 050 COL 26-29 - OWNERSHIP AND OPERATIONS CHANGED IN 1954 . CU. CO. TO APPALACHIAN SULFIDES INC., WHICH CEASED PRODUCT FEB 58 DUE TO DEPLETION OF RESERVES AND MOVED FACILITIES TO LINA (REF 710, PG 968) REC 060 COL 48 - DENSITY AVG. FORA MICA SCHIST (AFTER GREGOR EXPL. FOR N. AM. ENG.) REC 060 - ROCK TYPES OF HANGINGWALL SEQUENCE, EAST OF ORE ZO HIST IS A GARNET MICA VARIETY CONTAINING DISCONTINUOUS BEDS TE AND PEGMATITIC DIKES - AMPHIBOLITE NAME USED LOCALLY TO D E ROCK RICH IN HORNBLENDE REC 080 COL 15-20 - REC 704 STATES THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAS B LACEMENT ALONG FAULTS, THE MINERALIZATION DOES NOT SEEM TO F HEM IN PARTICULAR (PG 18) REC 080 COL 21 - MODE OF ORIGIN ACTUALLY UNDETERMINED, BUT D RESENCE OF NEARBY INTRUSIVES HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY SEEMS LIK EE REF 704, PG 1 REC 080 COL 72 - REPORTS OF AVG THICKNESS VARIED FROM 12 TO REF 704, PG 19, REF 702, PG 6, REF 706, PG 10) - MAX WIDTH E 50 FT REC 010- COMMODITY 4 (NICKEL) ADDED JULY 1977 BY CAB. SEE RE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Potts, R.R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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