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Unnamed Chromite Location

Occurrence in Orleans county in Vermont, United States with commodity Chromium
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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 10089826
MRDS ID W033694
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Chromite Location
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, Pierce Farm, Pierce Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.39639, 44.89029 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position 1.0 MILE SOUTHEAST OF TROY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Troy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(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 Orleans

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTH SLOPE OF HILL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MISSISQUOI RIVER.
  • Taken From Hitchcock'S Description

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Ottauquechee Formation
    Rock description Ottauquechee Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.39639, 44.89029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N5-10E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SERPENTINITE FORMS A POD ENCLOSED BY THE OTTAUQUECHEE FORMATION.
  • The Serpentinite Forms A Pod Enclosed By the Ottauquechee Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE UNLOCATED; THEREFORE EXTENT OF WORKINGS IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • SITE LOCATION 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. 45.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, VOL. 2 (CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH) P. 837

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1847, THIRD ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, (CHAUNCER, GOODRICH, BURLINGTON, VT) P. 29.

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., ALBEE, A.L. AND CHIDESTER, A.H., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY AND ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER MISSISGUOI VALLEY AND VICINITY, VERMONT. USGS BULLETIN, 1122-B.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS THE FOLIATION.

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

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