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Saint Rock Iron Mine

Past Producer in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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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 10081428
MRDS ID W033462
Record type Site
Current site name Saint Rock Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.9509, 44.86441 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELDON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairfield(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 Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF ROAD BETWEEN SHELDON AND ST. ROCKS BEHIND THE CALLEN FARM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEMATITE IS PRESENT AS BOTH MASSIVE AND SPECULAR FORMS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Underhill Formation, White Brook And Fairfield Pond Members
    Rock description Underhill Formation, White Brook And Fairfield Pond Members
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.9509, 44.86441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NS-N10E
    Dip 60-70 E
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Jack Callan Fairfield, Vt. (802) 827-3281

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 6 PITS ALONG STRIKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENNIS, J.G., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE ENOSBURG AREA, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 23. P 53

  • Deposit

    Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Enosburg Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 23, 56 P.Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Enosburg Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 23, 56 P.

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
Updater 01-APR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor FORMERLY "UNNAMED"; NAME TAKEN FROM DUPLICATE RECORD, W102090; checked location, commodities
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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