Williams Talc Mine

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Copper
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081652
MRDS ID W033920
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Talc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75782, 43.8606 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Relative position 2.65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER VILLAGE SQUARE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • A ROAD TURNS NORTHEAST TO THE MINE 0.45 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE GAP ON BETHEL MOUNTAIN ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORIGINALLY QUARRIED FOR SOAPSTONE BEFORE TALC WAS GROUND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore
Chrysolite Gangue
Actinolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Ottauquechee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75782, 43.8606

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONCORDENT, IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR
    Strike N 20-50 E
    Dip 45-85 NW
    Thickness 21.34M
    Length 145.69M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 145.69M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PODS OF ULTRAMAFIC MATERIAL ARE ENCLOSED BY THE OTTAUQUEECHE FORMATION.
  • The Pods of Ultramafic Material Are Enclosed By the Ottauquechee Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1927

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Talc Co., Boston, Ma
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shepeq Inc., Rochester, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 129.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 LEVELS ARE DEVELOPED BUT NOT ALL RAN THE FULL WIDTH OF THE POD (300 FT.).

Comments on development

  • A FLOOD WASHED OUT THE RAILROAD FORCING THE MINE TO CLOSE. THE ORE WAS NOT EXHAUSTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH MEASUREMENT BOTTOMED IN TALC SO THIS IS A MINIMUM VALVE.

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

Beyond USGS

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