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Occurrence in Rutland 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090146
MRDS ID W033729
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75531, 43.4022 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 2.75 MILES WEST, NORTHWEST OF LUDLOW, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Holly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black 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 Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • TAKE LUDLOW MTN. ACCESS ROAD TO SUMMIT. WALK TO FIRE TOWER AND THEN DUE WEST 1200 FEET.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3700 COUNTS PER SECOND ON A SPECTROMETER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75531, 43.4022

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 1980
Discoverer Charles A. Ratte

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont
    Home office Vermont

Comments on development

  • PICKED UP RADIATION ON A SPECTROMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., ET AL, UNPUBLISHED FIELD MAPS OF THE OKEMO STATE FOREST.

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A. 1984, Unpublished Map Of Okemos State Forest, Vermont.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

Beyond USGS

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