1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Brandon Iron Mine

Occurrence in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096648
MRDS ID W033723
Record type Site
Current site name Brandon Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09643, 43.8192 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 1.55 MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST OF BRANDON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH FROM HIGHEST ELEVATION OF LOVER'S LANE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Winooski Dolomite;Monkton Quartzite
    Rock description Winooski Dolomite;Monkton Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.09643, 43.8192
ListMap

Economic information

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 Joyce Wheeler
    Home office Rfd #2 Brandon, Vt 05733

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA HAS BEEN EXCAVATED AND SINCE USED FOR A DUMP. THEREFORE HARD TO GET DETAILS OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 8

  • 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 HEMATITE RICH DOLOMITE AND DOLOMITIC QUARTZITE SEEN AT THE SITE BUT THIS MAY NOT BE THE ORE. MAY BE A RESIDUAL DEPOSIT.

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
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site