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Dimond Property Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090141
MRDS ID W033652
Record type Site
Current site name Dimond Property Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, Dimond Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.29339, 43.91329 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vershire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ammonoosuc 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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS ARE 550 FEET N 30 W AND 550 FEET S 30 E FROM COORDINATES GIVEN. SEE WHITE AND ERIC'S (1944) MAP FOR EXACT LOCATIONS.
  • Prospects Are Ne and Sw of Location Given

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.29339, 43.91329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orange Co. Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Mines
  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Culver 33 Harmon St. Whitneyville, Conn.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET APART. DIAMOND DRILL HOLES ARE SCATTERED BETWEEN THE TWO PITS.

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1943. FOUND DEPOSIT BECAUSE IT WAS A LARGE ELECTRICAL ANOMALY.

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-MAR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor name from MAS/MILS
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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