Cuttingsville Mine

Occurrence in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081559
MRDS ID W033637
Record type Site
Current site name Cuttingsville Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.88232, 43.4858 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 0.1 MILES SOUTH 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

Wallingford(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

  • ON WEST SIDE OF RIVER AT BASE OF BANK, 0.1 MILES SOUTH OF CUTTINGSVILLE, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name White Mountain Plutonic Series
    Rock description White Mountain Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.88232, 43.4858

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 Mrs. Ester Pelkey East Wallingford, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.003HA
    Length 18.29M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT EXISTS AND THE ENTRANCE IS BADLY CAVED IN.

Comments on development

  • LARGE GOSSAN ZONE EXPOSED IN ADJACENT PORTION OF RIVER BED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EGGLESTON, J.W., 1918 THE ERUPTIVE ROCKS OF CUTTINGSVILLE, VERMONT. IN REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 1917-1918 (P.H. GOBIE PRESS; BELLOWS FALLS, VT).

  • Deposit

    SLACK, J., 1985, USGS-EMR, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont: Vermont State Geologist 9th Annual Report (1913-1914), 123 P.Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont: Vermont State Geologist 9th Annual Report (1913-1914), 123 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.

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Map: Delaware And Hudson Rr Map Of Quarries And Mills (1924

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.