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Valentine Mines

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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 10081633
MRDS ID W033896
Record type Site
Current site name Valentine Mines
Alternate or previous names Number 1 and Number 2 Mines.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68012, 43.3986 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 1.25 MILES EAST, NORTHEAST OF THE JCT. OF RTS 100 SOUTH AND 103 LUDLOW, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(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

Comments on the location information

  • VALENTINE NO. 1 IS 50 FEET EAST OF THE ROAD AND VALENTINE #2 IS 500 FEET WEST OF THE ROAD AND 100 FEET NORTH OF THE POWERLINE.
  • Location Given For Valentine No. 1 No. 2 Is 1000 Ft To the Nw

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Pinney Hollow Formation
    Rock description Pinney Hollow Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68012, 43.3986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL LENTICULAR PODS
    Strike NS
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PODS OF STEATITE ARE ENCLOSED BY THE PINNEY HOLLOW GREENSTONE AND PHYLLITE.
  • The Pods of Steatite Are Enclosed By the Pinney Hollow Greenstone and Phyllite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE NUMBER ONE, THE MOST SOUTHERLY WAS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT WHILE MINE NUMBER TWO WAS SURFACE MINED. THE SHAFT IS WATER-FILLED SO DEPTHIS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MINES ARE IN TWO SEPARATE PODS OF EQUAL SIZE

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

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