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Lily Pond Prospect

Past Producer in Windham 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 10089851
MRDS ID W033982
Record type Site
Current site name Lily Pond Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.58281, 43.08329 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 3.3 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westminster West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Centennial Geologic Map of Vermont

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS QUARRIED FOR SOAPSTONE AT ONE TIME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.58281, 43.08329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION.
  • Age Is Lower Ordivician
  • The Ultramafic Body Is Enclosed By the Missisquoi Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1932, GEOLOGY OF ATHENS BROOKLINE AND WESTMINISTER, VT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), P. 346.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Richardson, C.H., 1932, Geology Of Athens, Brookline And Westminster, Vermont: 18th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1931-1932).Richardson, C.H., 1932, Geology Of Athens, Brookline And Westminster, Vermont: 18th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1931-1932).

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

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 ADDED NAMES BASED ON RICHARDSON 1932
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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