| Deposit ID | 10081555 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033633 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Waterman Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blood Mountain |
| Geographic coordinates: | -72.24869, 43.7558 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 244 |
| Relative position | 0.95 MILES DUE WEST OF POMPANOOSUC, VT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Windsor(county)
Vermont(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lyme(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Windsor |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Orfordville Formation, Post Pond Volcanic Member | ||||
| Rock description | Orfordville Formation, Post Pond Volcanic Member | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -72.24869, 43.7558 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 E |
| Dip | 40 W |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| Year of last production | 1850 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cochran, Alexander |
| Home office | 24 Birch Hill Weston, Ct 06880 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.026HA |
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033633 |
HADLEY, J.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE BRADFORD-THETFORD AREA, ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 1, PP. 34-35.
MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 32.
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.
Hadley, J.G., 1950, Geology Of The Bradford-Thetford Area, Orange County, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 1.Hadley, J.G., 1950, Geology Of The Bradford-Thetford Area, Orange County, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 1.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Deposit | The Granville Mine Is Reached From A Wood Road Which Approaches From the South. 0.7 Miles Northeast of This Location Is Another Ns-Trending Group of Ultramafic Pod S. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | 01-JAN-2003 | L. G. Woodruff | U.S. Geological Survey | checked references; location; commodities; ore materials |
| 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-OCT-1984 | McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) | Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation |
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