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Unnamed Iron Mine

Occurrence in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081571
MRDS ID W033680
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.91811, 44.73331 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST OF WEST FLETCHER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • SITE APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ON THE WEST OR NORTHWEST SLOPE OF GILSON MOUNTAIN.
  • Location From Hitchcock (1861) Map.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.91811, 44.73331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N50-70E
    Dip 70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • HITCHCOCK MAKES NO INDICATION THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS EVER WORKED.

Comments on development

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN AND THEREFORE OWNERSHIP IS IN QUESTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT; IN, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT F, NH., VOL. 2.

  • Deposit

    CHRISTMAN, R.A., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT MANSFIELD QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 12.

  • 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.

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
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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