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Unnamed Iron Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089824
MRDS ID W033688
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.7912, 44.1442 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAITSFIELD, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waitsfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTHWEST SLOPE OF SCRAG, MOUNTAIN.
  • Location Taken From Morrill and Chaffee (1964).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 65-85 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 the workings information

  • SITE UNLOCATED AND THEREFORE THE EXTENT OF WORKINGS IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • EXACT IS SITE LOCATION IS UNKNOWN AND THEREFORE OWNERSHIP IS IN QUESTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, (HANOVER, NH), P.47.

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M, ALBEE, A.L. AND MURPHY, J.F., 1962, BEDROCK GEOLOGYOF THE LINCOLN MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, VT. USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-164

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE COUNTRY ROCKS.

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-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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