| Deposit ID | 10100268 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033057 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Smith Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bicknell Mine, Pike Hill Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -72.3053, 44.0544 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 500 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.3 MILES NORTH, NORTHEAST OF COOKVILLE, VT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
Vermont(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West Topsham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lake Champlain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Kyanite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Waits River Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Waits River Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -72.3053, 44.0544 |
|---|
| Strike | N5E TO N 10 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25 TO 35 E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1854 |
| Discoverer | Ira Towle |
| Year of last production | 1916 |
| District name | Orange County Copper District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pike Hill Mines Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pat Mines Inc., Toronto,Ontario Gerald Harper 416-362-6683. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033057 | |
| Vermont Agency of Natural Resources | VTANR | VTANR | AM84MD7 |
GRANT, W.R., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT: VGS SPECIAL PUBLIC
HOWARD, P.F., 1969, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ELIZABETH MINE, VERMONT: VGS ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 5.
JACOBS, E.C., 1916, COPPER MINING IN VERMONT, 10TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 1915-1916, P. 192-199.
MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT, VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, P 115-117.
MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., PP 14-15.
White, W.S., And Eric, J.H., 1944, Preliminary Report Geology Of The Orange County Copper District, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 42-1.White, W.S., And Eric, J.H., 1944, Preliminary Report Geology Of The Orange County Copper District, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 42-1.
Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.
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.
Jacobs, E.C., 1916, Copper Mining In Vermont: 10th Annual Report Of The Vermont State Geologist, 1915-1916, P. 1920-199.Jacobs, E.C., 1916, Copper Mining In Vermont: 10th Annual Report Of The Vermont State Geologist, 1915-1916, P. 1920-199.
Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ASSUME APPROXIMATELY THE SAME STRIKE AND DIP AS EUREKA AND UNION MINES TO THE NORTH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updater | 01-APR-1986 | McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) | Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1998 | Fred Beck, Inc. | Contractor | ADDED MODEL |
| Reporter | 01-JUN-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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