Hamm Mine

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081775
MRDS ID W044114
Record type Site
Current site name Hamm Mine
Alternate or previous names Vermont Talc Mine, Also Includes the Hamm Open Pit, Yeager Open Pit and Bemis Quarry.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.72167, 43.20602 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 1.8 MILES E, SE OF NORTH WINDHAM, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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

  • THE HAMM PIT IS SW OF THE MINE, SOUTH OF THE ROAD. THE OLD QUARRIES, THE YEAGER AND BEMIS ARE 0.7 MILES TO THE W, NW.
  • +/-300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR SOAPSTONE; STRICTLY GROUND TALC NOW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.72167, 43.20602

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PODS OF SERPENTINE ARE ENCLOSED BY THE FORMATIONS NAMED.
  • The Pods of Serpentine Are Enclosed By the Formations Named.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Talc Co. (Omya)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vermont Talc Co (Omya)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor SEPARATED WINDHAM MINE AND QUARRY FROM HAMM MINE

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.