Horn-Crocket Kaolin Co. (1902)

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Kaolin, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081553
MRDS ID W033630
Record type Site
Current site name Horn-Crocket Kaolin Co. (1902)
Alternate or previous names Horn-Crocket Kaolin Co. 1902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.05673, 43.8175 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position 0.7 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF FORESTDALE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Manganite Ore
Hematite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Lignite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 33% FE IN IRON ORE BEDS. 13% MN IN MANGANESE ORE BEDS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Cheshire Formation
    Rock description Cheshire Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.05673, 43.8175

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SOME FAIRLY COMPLETE BEDS (BLANKET)
    Depth to top 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1810
Discoverer Wait Broughton
Year of last production 1922

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner I. W. Horn And G. W. Crocket
  • Type Owner
    Owner Well and Horn
    Home office Rd#2 Brandon, Vt (802) 247-8203

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 4.381HA
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH P. 8.

  • Deposit

    HORN, W., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    OGDEN, D.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE KAOLIN AT EAST MONKTON, VT. VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 3, PP. 31-38.

  • Deposit

    Ogden, D.G., 1969, Geology And Origin Of The Kaolin At East Monkton, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Economic Geology Report 3, P. 31-38.Ogden, D.G., 1969, Geology And Origin Of The Kaolin At East Monkton, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Economic Geology Report 3, P. 31-38.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGIN OF VERMONT KAOLINS IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. MANY FEEL THAT THEY ARE HYDROTHERMAL IN ORIGIN
Deposit THE PITS HAVE BEEN REOPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FOR PALEOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF THE LIGNITE HORIZON. THIS LIGNITE CONTAINS SEVERAL UNIQUE FLORA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

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