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Rochester Iron Mine

Past Producer in Windsor 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 10081429
MRDS ID W033463
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, The Iron Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.76203, 43.8669 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.35 MILES EAST, SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(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

  • COORDINATES TAKEN MIDWAY BETWEEN THE TWO ADITS. SITE IS EASILY REACHED FROM BETHEL MOUNTAIN RD., EAST FROM ROCHESTER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 20% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Ottauquechee Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.76203, 43.8669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 16.46M
    Width 4.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINITE BODIES ARE WITHIN OTTAUQUECHEE FORMATION.
  • Serpentinite Bodies Are Within Ottauquechee Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Cooper
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sanchez, William
    Home office 715 Ave. M Brooklyn, Ny.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.131HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS ARE PRESENT. BOTH ARE THE SIZE OF THE ONE DESCRIBED. AREA MEASUREMENT INCLUDES BOTH ADITS.

Comments on development

  • RESIDENTS REMEMBER STORIES OF THE MINE BEING OPENED FOR THE WAR OF 1812. ORE PROBABLY DISCOVERED WHILE PROSPECTING FOR TALC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, PART II. CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH., P. 828.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    ROCHESTER VERMONT: ITS HISTORY 1780-1975. ROCHESTER TOWN HISTORY COMMITTEE, QUEEN CITY PRINTERS, INC. 1975. (BURLINGTON, VT) 219 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1845, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT. CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, (BURLINGTON, VT).

  • 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

    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

    Rochester Town History Committee, 1975, Rochester, Vermont; Its History 1780-1975: Queen City Printers, Inc., Burlington, Vermont, 219 P.Rochester Town History Committee, 1975, Rochester, Vermont; Its History 1780-1975: Queen City Printers, Inc., Burlington, Vermont, 219 P.

  • Deposit

    Adams, C.B., 1845, First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont.Adams, C.B., 1845, First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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 FROM MORRILL AND CHAFFEE; MCBEAN'S MAP, ROCHESTER TOWNSHIP FILE; checked location, commodities
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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