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Harvey Coe Prospect

Occurrence in Essex county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081573
MRDS ID W033683
Record type Site
Current site name Harvey Coe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.87728, 44.78389 (WGS84)
Elevation 543
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.15 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHEAST OF ISLAND POND, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Island Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Essex

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON KILBY CREEK ON THE NORTHEAST OF THE RIDGE DUE SOUTH OF ISLAND POND, VT.
  • Location From Hitchcock (1861) Map.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.87728, 44.78389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NO-10E
    Dip 80 NE

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

  • SITE WAS BRIEFLY PROSPECTED BUT NEVER EXTENSIVELY WORKED ACCORDING TO HITCHCOCKS DESCRIPTION.

Comments on development

  • EXACT LOCATION OF SITE IS UNKNOWN AND THEREFORE THE OWNERSHIP IS IN QUESTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT; PT II. (CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; CLAREMONT, NH.) P. 852.

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, B.K., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE ISLAND POND AREA, VERMONT, VGS BULLETIN, NO. 20.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING IS OVERTURNED.

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

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