Gold Mine

Occurrence in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081552
MRDS ID W033628
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.87481, 43.4892 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 0.35 MILES EAST OF CUTTINGSVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Holly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILES SOUTHEAST ON COPPERAS HILL RD. MINE IS JUST NORTHEAST OF ROAD BEHIND AN OLD BARN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO MINERALIZATION FOUND BUT GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM COPPERAS ORE NEARBY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.87481, 43.4892

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Elwert
    Home office 19 Cresent St. Rutland, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.003HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, (HANOVER, NH) P. 42

  • 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-SEP-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.