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Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081539
MRDS ID W033612
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.01623, 43.4789 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 2.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TINMOUTH, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middletown Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • WASTE DUMPS AND PIT NEAR MINE ENTRANCE ARE 100 YARDS EAST OF AND VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite
    Rock description Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.01623, 43.4789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Polumbo, Joseph
    Home office Tinmouth, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.049HA
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL WAS PRESENT BUT IS NOW CAVED IN. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE WHAT IS SEEN AT THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • SUPPLIED LOCAL FURNACES ALONG TINMOUTH CHANNEL. RESIDENTS HAVE HEARD STORYS OF THE ORE BEING HAULED BY OXCART TO TYSON'S FURNACE ALSO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964 VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM. (HANOVER, NH) P. 45.

  • Deposit

    BOULE, ERNEST, 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor added model
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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