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Hinchman Prospect

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096630
MRDS ID W033060
Record type Site
Current site name Hinchman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66121, 43.5194 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Relative position 3.1 MI SOUTHEAST OF PHYMOUTH; 0.75 MI FROM FIVE CORNERS ALONG BROAD BROOK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ACCESSIBLE FROM JEEP TRAIL LEADING EAST FROM PLYMOUTH FIVE CORNERS AREA, UP THE BROAD BROOK DRAINAGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED OCCURRENCE OF PT; CHROMITE REPORTEDLY PRESENT ABOUT 0.75 MI AWAY. GOLD ANALYSIS BY NEWMONT EXPLORATION, DANBURY, CONN., AND THE REMAINING VALUES BY USGS (USBM?) RENO RESEARCH CENTER, RENO, NEV.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTED ASSAY VALUES ARE 0.125 TOZ/TON (4.3 PPM) AU, 120 PPM CU, 600 PPM NI, 6.6% FE, 2.8% MN, 170 PPM ZN. REPORTEDLY 0.25 OZ/TON (8.6 PPM) PT IN PULP SAMPLE (PERKINS, 1904).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Whetstone Member, Missisquoi Formation
    Rock description Whetstone Member, Missisquoi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, IRREGULAR
    Strike N5W-N5E
    Dip 65E
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer W.L. Hinchman

Mining district

District name Plymouth Five Corners Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Ralph M. Hinchman,
    Home office Sunrise Apts. # 43, Titusville, Fl 32780

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1904, REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS OF VERMONT, 1903-1904: MONTPELIER, VT., ARGUS AND PATRIOT PRINTING HOUSE, P. 58-60.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1930, MINERALS OF VERMONT, IN 17TH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, 1929-1930: BURLINGTON, VT., FREE PRESS PRINTING CO., P. 161-162.

  • Deposit

    HINCHMAN, R., 1983, WRITTEN COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST'S OFFICE, UNPUB. FILE.

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1930, Minerals Of Vermont: In 17th Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industries And Geology Of Vermont, 1929-1930: Burlington, Vermont, Fress Press Printing Company, P. 161-162.Perkins, G.H., 1930, Minerals Of Vermont: In 17th Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industries And Geology Of Vermont, 1929-1930: Burlington, Vermont, Fress Press Printing Company, P. 161-162.

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1904, Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industries And Geology Of Certain Areas Of Vermont, 1903-1904: Montpelier, Vermont, Argus And Patriot Printing House, P. 58-60.Perkins, G.H., 1904, Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industries And Geology Of Certain Areas Of Vermont, 1903-1904: Montpelier, Vermont, Argus And Patriot Printing House, P. 58-60.

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A, 1984, Personal Communication

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AND DISSEMINATED OXIDES AND SULFIDES. STRIKE AND DIP ARE OF SURROUNDING FORMATION; DEPOSIT IS ASSUMED TO BE STRATABOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-OCT-1991 Peterson, J.A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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