Allen Mica Prospect

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodities Mica, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081647
MRDS ID W033914
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Mica Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.82031, 43.70247 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Relative position 3.8 MILES N40W OF SHERBURNE VILLAGE VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pico Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • TURN EAST ON DOUBLEDAY MTN ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE. WALK NW FOR 900 FEET TO OLD PROSPECT PIT.
  • Location From Cameron (1954).
  • On the Tatro Rd. North Or Bethel Gilead, Vt. Mineralized Outcrops Are On the Sidehill Immediately West, Southwest of the General Thomas Monument.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Uranium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA BOOKS UP TO 6 BY 8 BY 2 INCHES THICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None Observed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Holley Complex
    Rock description Mt Holley Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.82031, 43.70247

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mt Holly Complex Pegmatite

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 90 (VERTICAL)
    Length 22.86M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Muscovite-Quartz-Albite-Microcline Pegmatite Injected Into Leucogneiss Foliations and Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Nair, A. H. And Davenport, John

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall length 8.23M
    Overall width 4.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TRENCH IS 5 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • "LAST OPERATORS" PROSPECTED BRIEFLY IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POST-EMPLACEMENT DEFORMATION FOLDED MICA BOOKS MAKING THEM USELESSFOR SHEET MICA
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADDED URANIUM TO COMMODITY FIELD
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.