The Silver Mine

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead
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 10081592
MRDS ID W033719
Record type Site
Current site name The Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.0271, 43.79318 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 3.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON, 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

Comments on the location information

  • FOLLOW LOGGING ROAD UP RIDGE OF BIRCH HILL TO SUMMITT. PITS ARE WEST OF THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ZN 5%, LESS THAN 1% CU AND PB

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) -73.0271, 43.79318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 35NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Harold Bishop

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co. And St. Joseph Lead
  • Type Owner
    Owner International Paper Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 500 Glens Falls, Ny 12801

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.14HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 PITS, 3 SMALL (4X4) AND 2 LARGE (8X20 AND 8X40). PITS ARE 3 TO 6 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED DURING THE 1950'S BUT COMPANIES DID NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH LAND OWNERS AND INTEREST DIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP FOR COUNTRY ROCK IS N5W, 70NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor CORRECTED COORDINATE, CHANGED NAME TO THE SILVER MINE FROM UNNAMED
Reporter 01-JUL-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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