Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Uranium
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090142
MRDS ID W033705
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.95423, 42.91831 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 5.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON, VERMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Snow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • TURN NORTH FROM ROUTE 9 ON ROAD TO SEARSBURG RESERVOIR FOR 1.9 MILES. TAKE FOOTPATH TO SOMERSET RESERVOIR FOR 0.4 MILES. OUTCROPS ARE EAST OF PATH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result 800 CPS ON A SCINTILLOMETER, 26 PPM TRIURANIUM OCTOXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.95423, 42.91831

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer Michael Field

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN ADDITIONAL ANOMALY WAS DETECTED 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN WHICH WAS ASSAYED AT 10 PPM TRIURANIUMOCTOXIDE.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.