Reading Talc Mine

Past Producer in Windsor 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081816
MRDS ID W044190
Record type Site
Current site name Reading Talc Mine
Alternate or previous names Hammondsville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.55231, 43.4919 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 0.15 MILE NORTHEAST OF HAMMONDSVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cavendish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits 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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • MINE SHAFT COLLAR IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF ROUTE 106.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND TOILETRY GRADE TALC ARE PRODUCED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.55231, 43.4919

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
    Strike NS TO NW
    Dip 40 TO 50 E OR 25 TO 30 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION
  • The Ultramafic Body Is Enclosed By the Missisquoi Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Windsor Minerals, Inc.
    Home office West Windsor, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.21HA
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 99.06M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL OPEN PIT, WITH THE AREA GIVEN ABOVE, WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BEFORE THE SHAFT WAS SUNK. ALL PRODUCTION IS UNDERGROUND WITH 4 LEVELS DEVELOPED AND CURRENTLY WORKING ON A 5TH.

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

Beyond USGS

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