South Windham Deposit

Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081776
MRDS ID W044115
Record type Site
Current site name South Windham Deposit
Alternate or previous names Vt Marble Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.69343, 43.13882 (WGS84)
Elevation 572
Relative position 3.0 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINDHAM, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE VERD ANTIQUE QUARRY AND THE MOST RECENTLY WORKED TALC DEPOSIT.
  • The Deposit Extends Approx. 0.25 Miles North and 1.0 Mile South of Coordinates, For Site of Proposed Extension.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Verde Antique Ore
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Moretown Formation
    Rock description Moretown Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.69343, 43.13882

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SERPENTINE PODS ARE ENCLOSED BY THE MORETOWN FORMATION.
  • The Serpentine Pods Are Enclosed By the Moretown Formation.
  • Precious Serpentine Or Verde Antique

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1985

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Talc Co. / Vermont Marble Co. Proctor, Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. (Omya) Proctor, Vt

Comments on development

  • A SMALL TALC QUARRY WAS OPENED FOR A SHORT TIME AT THE NORTH END OF THE DEPOSIT IN THE EARLY 1980'S.

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-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor 1996- APPLIED TO REOPEN, TO SOUTH. NEW COORDINATES REFLECT PROPOSED ACTIVE SITE.

Beyond USGS

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