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Marlboro Deposit

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone
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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. 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 10100283
MRDS ID W044102
Record type Site
Current site name Marlboro Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.78092, 42.86251 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 4.5 MILES EAST OF WILMINGTON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL OUTCROPS AND ONE SMALL SOAPSTONE QUARRY BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF RT. 9 1.2 TO 2.0 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOGBACK SKI AREA.
  • Outcrops Within A Mile Radius of Location Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRIED FOR SOAPSTONE ONLY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.78092, 42.86251
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SERPENTINITE BODIES ARE ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION
  • The Serpentinite Bodies Are Enclosed By the Missisquoi Formation
  • Massive and Foliated Talc, Steatite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1825

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Greenberg/Hamilton/Hogback Ski Area
    Home office Marlboro, Vt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHIDESTER, A.H., BILLINGS, M.P. AND CADY, W.M., 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT. USGS CIRCULAR 95, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 27

  • Deposit

    SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD VERMONT; VGS BULLETIN NO. 17.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), PP. 783-784.

  • 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.

  • 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 PODS ARE SMALL AVERAGING 300 FEET IN LENGTH AND 100 FEET IN WIDTH.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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