Breadloaf Roadless Area

Occurrence in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093846
MRDS ID W033687
Record type Site
Current site name Breadloaf Roadless Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.90702, 44.0464 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(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)

Breadloaf Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Addison

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 8 SQUARE MILES CENTERED AROUND THE SUMMIT OF MT; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAPS ARE 1970 EDITIONS CLEAVLAND, LINCOLN, VERMONT.
  • Location Is Summit of Mt. Cleavland.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hazens Notch Formation
    Rock description Hazens Notch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.90702, 44.0464

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer John Slack And Richard Bitar

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Government

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SLACK, J.F. AND BITAR, R.F., 1984, BREAD LOAF ROADLESS AREA, VERMONT: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300, P. 1000-1002

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPROXIMATELY 8 SQUARE MILES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH ANOMOULOUSLY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC.
Deposit ANOMOULOUS AREA IS 2 MILES WIDE IN THE EW DIRECTION AND 4 MILES LONG IN THE NS DIRECTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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