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Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081632
MRDS ID W033893
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.3859, 43.6264 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 2.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUECHEE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quechee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    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) -72.3859, 43.6264

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maxfield, Robert
    Home office Hathway Rd. Quechee, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • A LEDGE FACE HAS BEEN BENCHED BACK IN SEVERAL PLACES.

Comments on development

  • HAULED ORE TO A FURNACE IN BETHEL, VT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C. G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 22.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, TOM, 1984, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION, QUECHEE, VT.

  • 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

    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

    Wood, Tom, 1984, Personal Communication, Quechee, Vermont.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Access Gained By Liberty Hill Road and A Jeep Trail Which Forks To the North. Previous Literature On This Site Places It In Rochester Instead of Pittsfield.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 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.