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Talc Mine (No Name)

Past Producer in Lamoille county in Vermont, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067825
MRDS ID W000676
Record type Site
Current site name Talc Mine (No Name)
Alternate or previous names Talc Mine No Name

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68281, 44.65 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON, VERMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Lamoille

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCENTRATE CARRYING CO AND NI IS A BI-PRODUCT OF FROTH FLOTATION OF TALC. AFTER PEBBLE-MILL ATTRITION, THE FLOTATION CONCENTRATE ASSAYED 17.3% NI, WITH A RECOVERY OF 92.7% NI. MAGNETIC SEPARATION RESULTED IN LOWER RECOVERY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Magnesite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68281, 44.65
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TALC ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULT THAT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A CONSIDERABLE SHIFT OR HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT. "HORSES" OF COUNTRY ROCK OCCUR IN THE ORE AND MUST BE SEGREGATED OR AVOIDED IN MINING. ; GEOL.DESC: TAIL ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULT THAT APPEARS TO HAVE LAD A CONSIDERABLE SHIFT OR HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT. "HORSES" OF COUNTRY ROCK OCCUR IN THE ORE AND MUST BE SEGREGATED OR AVOIDED IN MINING.
  • Talc Ore Is Associated With A Fault That Appears To Have Had A Considerable Shift Or Horizontal Displacement. "Horses" of Country Rock Occur In the Ore and Must Be Segregated Or Avoided In Mining

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eastern Magnesia Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1940-1944
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.16 % Co, 12.7 % Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Cobalt Cobalt 1wt-pct
    Ore Nickel Nickel 13wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NI AND CO CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION FROM FROTH FLOTATION TALC MILL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT NO. 359; MAY, 1943

  • Production

    US BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOKS

  • Reserve-Resource

    REFERENCE(1)

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines1943, War Minerals Report 359.U.S. Bureau Of Mines1943, War Minerals Report 359.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1998 F.M. Beck Contractor ACCURACY IS EST. NEED MORE INFO TO DETERMINE IF DUPE OF ANOTHER RECORD, SUCH AS FRENCH HILL TALC MINE, AM85ND263/W044154
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Lg. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey updated commodities

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