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Jocelyn's Talc Prospect

Occurrence in Washington 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081678
MRDS ID W033962
Record type Site
Current site name Jocelyn's Talc Prospect
Alternate or previous names Site Also Includes An Unnamed Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.8101, 44.1944 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waitsfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Washington

Comments on the location information

  • THE SECOND, UNNAMED PROSPECT IS 0.6 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOCATION GIVEN. SEE CADY, ET AL (1962) FOR EXACT LOCATIONS.
  • Location Given Is For the Jocelyn Prospect.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Pinney Hollow Formation;Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Pinney Hollow Formation;Ottauquechee Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.8101, 44.1944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE POD
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 80 E
    Length 27.43M
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC PODS OCCUR WITHIN THE OTTAUQUECHEE AND AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE OTTAUQUECHEE AND PINNEY HOLLOW FORMATIONS.
  • The Ultramafic Pods Occur Within the Ottauquechee and At the Contact Between the Ottauquechee and Pinney Hollow Formations.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Richard Foster P. O. Box 452 Waitsfield, Vt 05673

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., ALBEE, A.L. AND MURPHY, J., 1962. BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LINCOLN MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: USGS MAP, GQ 164.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 47.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), P. 541.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE IS FOR THE JOCELYN TALC BODY.

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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