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Essex Mine (1860's)

Past Producer in Essex county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081182
MRDS ID W033052
Record type Site
Current site name Essex Mine (1860's)
Alternate or previous names Essex Mine 1860's, Moulton and Darling Farms

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.84118, 44.39248 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position LOCATED ON RIDGE 1.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORD CORNER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miles Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Washington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Essex

Comments on the location information

  • LOGGING ROADS ACCESS AREA FROM THE WEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Albee Formation
    Rock description Albee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.84118, 44.39248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALZATION ASSOCIATED WITH HORIZONS CONTAINING QUARTZITE BEDS.
  • Mineralization Associated With Horizons Containing Quartzite Beds. Lower Ordivician.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Year of first production 1865
Year of last production 1865

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Essex Mining Co., New York, Ny
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitchell, June
    Home office P. O. Box 271, Concord, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.099HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE IS MARKED BY A NUMBER OF SMALL PITS AND WASTE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • MALACHITE STAINING AT THE SURFACE LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF ORE MINERALS. SOME CORE AVAILABLE FROM PRESENT OWNER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., AND DENNIS, J.G., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CONCORD-WATERFORD AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 11, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT, NH, CLAREMONT MANUFACTURING CO., 2 VOL., 982 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P.14.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

  • Deposit

    Eric, J.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1958, Geology Of The Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11, 62 P.Eric, J.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1958, Geology Of The Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11, 62 P.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO VEINS WITHIN THE QUARTZITE BEDS OF THE ALBEE FORMATION. ZONES OF BRECCIATION SHOW MOST MINERALIZATION
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor checked location; commodities
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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