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Past Producer in Washington 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 10081798
MRDS ID W044157
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75591, 44.0344 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1.35 MILES NORTH OF RAILROAD BRIDGE IN E. GRANVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS 40 FEET WEST OF RT. 12A AND 330 FEET NORTH OF THE WASHINGTON-ADDISON COUNTY LINE IN ROXBURY, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Stone Formation
    Rock description Stone Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75591, 44.0344

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 5 W
    Dip 85-90 E
    Thickness 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC POD IS ENCLOSED BY THE STONE FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Pod Is Enclosed By the Stone Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1915

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. W. Webster Co.
    Home office Randolph, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY IS 30 FEET DEEP. SUPPOSEDLY MINED OUT ALL ACCESSIBLE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE WAS NO SERPENTINE CORE. THE WHOLE POD WAS STEATITE AND CARBONATE (GRIT).
Deposit MORRILL AND CHAFFEE'S (1961) LOCATION IS TOO FAR EAST. SEE CHILDESTER ET AL (1951) FOR PROPER LOCATION OF SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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

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