1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Orange Phelps Iron Mine

Past Producer in Chittenden county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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 10089820
MRDS ID W033677
Record type Site
Current site name Orange Phelps Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Orange Phelps Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.20371, 44.7083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGIA PLAINS, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgia Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Chittenden

Comments on the location information

  • ORE WAS TAKEN OUT ALONG THE BORDER OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN ON OR NEAR THE TOWN LINE BETWEEN GEORGIA AND MILTON, VT.
  • Location From Hitchcock (1861).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Formation
    Rock description Dunham Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.20371, 44.7083
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N0-10E
    Dip 10-12 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • 60 TONS OF ORE WERE REMOVED. EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN AND THEREFORE PRESENT OWNERSHIP IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT; IN, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH., VOL. 2.

  • Deposit

    STONE, S.W. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 26.

  • Deposit

    Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 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.

Maps centered on this site