East Bennington Furnace

Past Producer in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081529
MRDS ID W033600
Record type Site
Current site name East Bennington Furnace
Alternate or previous names Bennington Furnace Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.15423, 42.885 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 2.2 MILES EAST OF BENNINGTON, VT; JCT. ROUTES 7 AND 9.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • SITE COORDINATES ARE FOR SEVERAL OLD BLAST FURNACES WHICH WERE BUILT NEAR THE ORE BEDS (ROLANDO, V., 1984).
  • Location of Ore Pits Is Within 0.5 Mile Radius of Coordinates

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Manganite Ore
Limonite Ore
Kaolin Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite
    Rock description Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.15423, 42.885

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1805

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hamilton L. Shields
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Leake; Furnace Grove Corp. Bennington, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTUAL PITS ARE PROBABLY OBSCURED BY SUBSEQUENT CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES.

Comments on development

  • FURNACES WERE ERECTED NEAR THIS DEPOSIT IN 1804 OR 1805. THE LAST BLAST WAS IN 1853 BUT THE ORE MAY HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED PRIOR TO THIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1946, VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 25TH REPORT, (1945-1946)

  • Deposit

    ROLANDO, V., 1984, 200 YEARS OF SOOT AND SWEAT; A HISTORY AND FIELD GUIDE TO VERMONT IRON AND CHARCOAL INDUSTRIES. UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1961, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH). P. 5-6.

  • 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

    Rolando, V. 1984. 200 Years Of Soot And Sweat: A History And Field Guide To Vermont Iron And Charcoal Industries: (Unpublished).Rolando, V. 1984. 200 Years Of Soot And Sweat: A History And Field Guide To Vermont Iron And Charcoal Industries: (Unpublished).

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1946, 25th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1945-1946); Free Press Print Company, Burlington, Vermont.Jacobs, E.C., 1946, 25th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1945-1946); Free Press Print Company, Burlington, Vermont.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Richardson States That Stone Was Taken From Wellington Hill, 2 Inches East of the River.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.