Elizabeth Mine

Past Producer in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130553
MRDS ID W017532
MAS/MILS ID 0500170004
Record type Site
Current site name Elizabeth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -72.3333, 43.8233 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -72.3333, 43.8233

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N07E
    Dip 65E
    Thickness 5M
    Length 2500M
    Width 300M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N07E:65E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820224

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1793
Year of first production 1830

Mining district

District name Vermont Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leonard Cook
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 351000mt ore
    Demonstrated 351000mt ore
    Total resources 351000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.89 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977

Reference information

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Potts, R.R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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