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Arsenic Mine (1924)

Past Producer in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Arsenic, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081183
MRDS ID W033053
Record type Site
Current site name Arsenic Mine (1924)
Alternate or previous names Arsenic Mine 1924, Henry Howard Farm, Snowsville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6428, 43.9972 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.45 MILES EAST, NORTHEAST OF EAST BRAINTREE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Randolph(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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • TURN NORTHEAST ON DIRT ROAD 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF E. BRAINTREE. AFTER 0.5 MILES TAKE EAST FORK 250 FEET TO LOGGING ROAD. PROCEED 150 YARDS EAST AND 100 YDS NORTH TO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Arsenopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4 SAMPLES ASSAYED: 43.6%, 430%, 43.2%, 43.2% AS
Result 1 TO 2 OZ. AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6428, 43.9972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, LENSE
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip 65 W
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 396.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN RUNS PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN A LIMESTONE RICH PORTION OF THE WAITS RIVER FORMATION. BEDDING IS OVERTURNED.
  • Quartz Vein Runs Parallel To Bedding In A Limestone Rich Portion of the Waits River Formation. Bedding Is Overturned.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1924

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. Howard And K. Howard
    First year 1924
  • Type Owner
    Owner Glenford Kerry, Duclos Road, Braintree, Vt (802) 728-5146

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 3.66M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SQUARE PIT WITH AN EXCAVATED, INCLINED RAMP LEADING EAST INTO THE PIT. RAMP IS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY LEASED BY F. WARD IN 1924 WHO OPENED THE MINE. THE HOWARD BROTHERS THEN REVOKED THE LEASE AND CONTINUED WORK ON THE MINE THAT SAME YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUCLOS, K.F. AND THRESHER, M.C., ED. 1976, THE HISTORY OF BRAINTREE, VERMONT, V.II, 1883-1975. MONTPELIER, VT, CAPITOL CITY PRESS PG 47.

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H. JR., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS, BULLETIN, NO. 21.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT. VGS SPECIAL PUB. NO. 2, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H. AND CABEEN, C.K., 1920, THE GEOLOGY AND MINEROLOGY OF BRAINTREE VERMONT: REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, PP 57-76.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 7.

  • Deposit

    Duclos, K.F. And Thresher, M.C. (Editors), 1976, The History Of Braintree, Vermont, V. Ii, 1883-1975: Capitol City Press, Montpelier, Vermont.Duclos, K.F. And Thresher, M.C. (Editors), 1976, The History Of Braintree, Vermont, V. Ii, 1883-1975: Capitol City Press, Montpelier, Vermont.

  • Deposit

    Richardson, C.H. And Cabeen, C.K., 1920, The Geology And Mineralogy Of Braintree, Vermont: Report Of The Vermont State Geologist, Pp. 57-76.Richardson, C.H. And Cabeen, C.K., 1920, The Geology And Mineralogy Of Braintree, Vermont: Report Of The Vermont State Geologist, Pp. 57-76.

  • Deposit

    Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 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.

  • Deposit

    Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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