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Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081644
MRDS ID W033909
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.94952, 43.5722 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.1 MILE NORTH OF NORTH CLARENDON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rutland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(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

  • DALE (1914) DESCRIBES THE KAOLIN BED AS BEING ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE COLD RIVER ALONG STRIKE FROM THE FOLEY MARBLE PROSPECT.
  • In North Clarendon Near the Cold River (Jacobs, 1926).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Danby Formation
    Rock description Danby Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.94952, 43.5722
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • JACOBS REPORTS THAT AN 80 FOOT SHAFT WAS SUNK INTO THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • THE SITE WAS ONLY WORKED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS. EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN SO DETAILS OF OWNERSHIP ARE NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R. 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.14.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1926, THE CLAY DEPOSITS AND CLAY INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 15TH REPORT (1925-1926), P.211.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLE OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P.107.

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1926, The Clay Deposits And Clay Industries Of Vermont., 15th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1925-1926).Jacobs, E.C., 1926, The Clay Deposits And Clay Industries Of Vermont., 15th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1925-1926).

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • 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.

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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