Unnamed Talc Prospects

Occurrence in Windsor 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081812
MRDS ID W044184
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Talc Prospects
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.68511, 43.2917 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1.0 TO 2.0 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ANDOVER, 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 OUTCROPS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWNLINE BETWEEN ANDOVER AND CHESTER. THE SECOND OUTCROP IS 1 MILE NORTH OF THE LOCATION GIVEN.
  • Location Given Is For the Southern-Most Outcrop. Others Within 1 Mile

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.68511, 43.2917

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMATIC PODS ARE ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION
  • The Ultramafic Pods Are Enclosed By the Missisquoi Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

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-NOV-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.