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Unnamed Steatite Occurrence

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081634
MRDS ID W033897
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Steatite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.67092, 43.43471 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 2.05 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE JCT OF RTS 100 NORTH 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

  • THE LENS IS 400 FEET WEST OF THE ROAD FROM PROCTORSVILLE TO LAKE RESCUE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIDESTER (1951) STATES THAT THE TALC IS NOT OF MINEABLE QUALITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinney Hollow Formation
    Rock description Pinney Hollow Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD OR LENS
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 90
    Length 30.48M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE POD OF STEATITE OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE GREENSTONES AND SCHISTS OF THE PINNEY HOLLOW FORMATION
  • The Pod of Steatite Occurs At the Contact Between the Greenstones and Schists of the Pinney Hollow Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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