Sugar Hollow Lead Mine, West Adit

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
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 10081593
MRDS ID W033722
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Hollow Lead Mine, West Adit
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, Sugar Hollow Lead Mines West Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.02513, 43.7839 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

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

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) -73.02513, 43.7839

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co. And St. Joseph Lead Co. (1950s)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Goodnew Orchards, Inc. Rfd #3 Brandon, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL IMMEDIATELY EAST OF ADIT HAS BEEN REINFORCED BUT IS ONLY A CAVE IN THE ROCK FALL.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED DURING THE 1950'S. ABANDONED BEFORE PRODUCTION SINCE NO AGREEMENT WITH LAND OWNERS COULD BE REACHED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BLEBS OF QUARTZ FORMING OUTLIERS TO THE MAIN VEIN ARE THE RICHEST IN SULFIDES.

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

Beyond USGS

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