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Unnamed Talc Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089837
MRDS ID W033949
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Talc Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.69231, 44.4428 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 1.55 MILES SOUTH OF THE JCT. OF RTS 100 AND 108 STOWE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stowe(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 Lamoille

Comments on the location information

  • THE OUTCROP IS SEEN IN THE BED OF GOLD BROOK. HITCHCOCK (1861) REPORTS STEATITE 0.75 MILES SOUTH OF STOWE.
  • Outcrop Is Within 500 Feet of Location Given In Brookbed.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.69231, 44.4428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD OR LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE POD OF STEATITE IS ENCLOSED BY THE STOWE FORMATION
  • The Pod of Steatite Is Enclosed By the Stowe 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

  • Deposit

    BURNS, D., 1985, VERMONT TALC, PROCTOR, VT; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), P. 541.

  • 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
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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