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Carlton Talc Quarry

Past Producer in Windsor 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081808
MRDS ID W044178
Record type Site
Current site name Carlton Talc Quarry
Alternate or previous names Site Also Includes the Vt Talc Quarry and the Gould Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.63312, 43.2717 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 2.1 MILES W N W OF THE JCT. OF RTS. 11 AND 103, CHESTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andover(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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • THE VT TALC QUARRY AND THE GOULD MINE ARE 0.3 AND 0.7 MILES NORTH OF THE CARLTON QUARRY RESPECTIVELY.
  • Location Given Is For the Carlton Mine.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS WAS AN IMPURE TALC USED AS A FILLER IN ROOFING MATERIALS.

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 Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.63312, 43.2717
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Length 965.58M
    Width 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC POD OCCURS AS A LENS WITHIN THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION
  • The Ultramafic Pod Occurs As A Lens Within the Missisquoi 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 1935

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Soapstone Finish Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.329HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS WATER FILLED AND THEREFORE DEPTH IS UNKNOWN. THE VT TALC QUARRY AND GOULD MINE ARE LOCALITIES GIVEN BY MORRILL AND CHAFFEE (1961). THEY ARE NOT DOCUMENTED IN ANY OTHER LITERATURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLL (1961) SHOWS THE STEATITE LENS ON THE STATE GEOLOGIC MAP WITHTHE LISTED DIMENSIONS.

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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