Joe Manning Gold Mine

Occurrence in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Gold
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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096638
MRDS ID W033459
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Manning Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.76341, 43.7631 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES SOUTH, SOUTH WEST OF STOCKBRIDGE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE SAY GOLD WAS REPORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Stowe Formation
    Rock description Stowe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.76341, 43.7631

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Dick Rose
    Home office Town Line Rd. Mendon, Vt (802) 773-2522

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS WITH DUMPS OF QUARTZ VEIN NEARBY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NIT. P. 43

  • 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 ABUNDANT LIMONITE IN THE VUGGY QUARTZ MAY INDICATE THE ORIGINAL PRESENCE OF SULFIDE MINERALS, BUT GOLD IS DOUBTFUL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-APR-1986 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

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