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Old Copper Mine

Occurrence in Windsor 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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081426
MRDS ID W033458
Record type Site
Current site name Old Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.62311, 43.8264 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 0.5 MILES EAST OF BETHEL, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Royalton(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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • PITS WERE NOT LOCATED.
  • 0.5 Miles East of Bethel.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation, Barton River Member
    Rock description Waits River Formation, Barton River Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.62311, 43.8264
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 65 SW
    Width 0.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE, 3' THICK QUARTZ VEINS ARE ABUNDANT IN THE AREA BUT NO SULFIDE MINERALIZATION COULD BE FOUND.
  • Massive, 3' Thick Quartz Veins Are Abundant In the Area But No Sulfide Mineralization Could Be Found.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Robert Noble, Bethel, Vt (802) 234-9730

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.003HA
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SMALL PITS DUG ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 21, P 92.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH. P. 6.

  • 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

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP TAKEN IN THE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-APR-1986 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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