Newfane Soapstone Quarry

Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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 10081769
MRDS ID W044100
Record type Site
Current site name Newfane Soapstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.74511, 42.9972 (WGS84)
Elevation 495
Relative position 4.5 MILES WEST, NORTHWEST OF NEWFANE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • 2 PITS ARE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SMALL HILL WITHIN 200 FEET OF EACH OTHER. ACCESS FROM THE NORTH BY LOGGING ROADS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY IS TO BE USED AS SOAPSTONE AND GROUND PRODUCTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Actinolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.74511, 42.9972

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD OR LENS
    Strike NS
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Length 213.36M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble And Soapstone Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Newfane Soapstone Associates

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DIMENSIONS ARE FOR SOUTHERNMOST PIT. THE PIT TO THE NORTH IS 40 FEET LONG, 30 FEET WIDE AND WATERFILLED. THE NORTHERN END OF THE DEPOSIT HAS RECENTLY BEEN SCRAPED OF (1984) DURING EXPLORATORY WORK.

Comments on development

  • OWNERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PERMITS FOR OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

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-MAY-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.