Mcpherson Talc Mine

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Dimension
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. 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 10081651
MRDS ID W033919
Record type Site
Current site name Mcpherson Talc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.77122, 43.8531 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTH EAST OF THE ROCHESTER VILLAGE PARK, VT.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS 0.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF JERUSALEM HILL ROAD AND ROGERS BROOK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.77122, 43.8531

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE STEATITE LENS IS ENCLOSED BY THE OTTAUQUECHEE FORMATION.
  • The Steatite Lens Is Enclosed By the Ottauquechee Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1917

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Talc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS 150 FEET LONG AND IT WAS WORKED ON 4 LEVELS. THE TOTAL DEPTH OF WORKINGS IS NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.