Orange Mine

Past Producer in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081541
MRDS ID W033614
Record type Site
Current site name Orange Mine
Alternate or previous names Reynolds Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.3609, 43.8839 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1.55 MILES NE OF STRAFFORD, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vershire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ammonoosuc River-Connecticut 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 EAST IN OLD CITY, VT FOR 0.4 MILES. OLD ROAD LEADS SOUTHEAST PAST MOBILE HOME TO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1% OR LESS CU
Result ORE CONTAINS UP TO 6% SPHALERITE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.3609, 43.8839

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 30 TO 40 NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1915

Mining district

District name Orange County Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pat Mines, Inc., Toronto, Ontario Canada. Gerald Harper 416 362-6683

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 32.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE OF DUMP INDICATES 10,000 CUBIC FEET OF ROCK WERE REMOVED. SOME PROSPECT PITS ARE ALSO IN THE AREA. SHAFT OPENING IS 20 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET HIGH AND IS INCLINED WITH BEDDING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING IS OVERTURNED
Deposit THE NAMES OF THE ORANGE AND GOVE MINES ARE REVERSED IN WHITE AND ERICS REPORT. USAGE HERE IS LOCAL USAGE AND PERKINS (1918) USAGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor added model
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.