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Walker Mine

Occurrence in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10096645
MRDS ID W033623
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.38339, 43.8861 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position 0.95 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRAFFORD, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chelsea(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ammonoosuc 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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • FOLLOW BROOKBED, WHICH RUNS EAST FROM ROAD 1.05 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRAFFORD, FOR 300 YARDS TO MINE ENTRANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Standing Pond Volcanic Member, Waits River Formation
    Rock description Standing Pond Volcanic Member, Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.38339, 43.8861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 30 SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Orange County Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robinson, Arthur
    Home office Strafford, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE ADIT IS PRESENT ALONG STRIKE OF MINERALIZED HORIZON. ADIT OPENING IS 8 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINE AND MINERAL LOCALITIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, (HANOVER, NH), P. 43.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1918, ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST. P.H. GOBIE PRESS. (BELLOWS FALLS, VT) P. 147.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910'S

Reporter information

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

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