Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrence, Bethel

Occurrence in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, 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 10089843
MRDS ID W033963
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrence, Bethel
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.72266, 43.9187 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position FROM 1.45 MILES SOUTH TO 3.55 MILES WEST, NORTHWEST OF BEANVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Randolph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orange

Comments on the location information

  • ULTRAMAFIC PODS FORM A NORTHWEST TREND 4.3 MILES LONG. FOUR BODIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ERN (1963). SEE ERN'S FIGURE 6 FOR EXACT LOCATION
  • +/-300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE OF THE BODIES WAS PROSPECTED FOR VERD ANTIQUE AND ANOTHER FOR TALC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Ore
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation;Missisqoui Formation, Barnard Volcanic Member
    Rock description Stowe Formation;Missisqoui Formation, Barnard Volcanic Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.72266, 43.9187

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODIES ARE ENCLOSED BY THE STOWE AND MISSISQUOI FORMATIONS.
  • The Ultramafic Bodies Are Enclosed By the Stowe and Missisquoi Formations.

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
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor RECORD DIVIDED INTO 4 RECORDS. INDIVIDUAL SITES TOO FAR APART.
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.