Somerset Mine

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081546
MRDS ID W033620
Record type Site
Current site name Somerset Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.89563, 42.95921 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2.55 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST DOVER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Snow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • ADITS ARE LOCATED 100' WEST OF THE OLD SOMERSET ROAD (TRAIL) AFTER IT CROSSES UNDER THE MAIN LIFT LINE OF THE CORINTHIA SKI AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Readsboro Member, Cavendish Formation
    Rock description Readsboro Member, Cavendish Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.89563, 42.95921

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1820
Year of last production 1835

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wilder And Richards
    Home office New York
    First year 1832
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government; On The Property Of The Corinthia Ski Area; Walter Stugger, Owner

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS ARE PRESENT 100 FT. APART. EXTENT UNKNOWN BUT AT LEAST 50 FT IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • ORE SUPPLIED THE TRAINOR MINING CO. FORGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., 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.) PG. 17.

  • Deposit

    KULL, N.M., 1961, HISTORY OF DOVER, VERMONT; THE BOOK CELLAR (BRATTLEBORO, VT.) P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    ROLANDO, V., 1984, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Kull, N.M., 1961, History Of Dover, Vermont: The Book Cellar, Brattleboro, Vermont.Kull, N.M., 1961, History Of Dover, Vermont: The Book Cellar, Brattleboro, Vermont.

  • 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

    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.

Reporter information

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

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