Essex Mine

Occurrence in Essex county in Vermont, United States with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10100523
MRDS ID	W102016
Record type	Site
Current site name	Essex Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-71.84114, 44.39246 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miles Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Washington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Vermont	Essex

Comments on the location information

Verified location using Plate 1 from Eric and Dennis, 1958, Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-71.84114, 44.39246	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on development

Based on Eric and Dennis, 1958, not known that any copper was produced from this area; thus, changed development status from Past Producer to Occurrence. There are several small pits and waste dumps, but no evidence that the mine was ever of economic value.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W102016

Bibliographic references

Deposit

VT GS MAP, 1861; Eric, John H., and Dennis, John G., 1958, Geology of the Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin no. 11, 66 p.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1983	Whitlow, S.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	02-JUL-2008	Suzanne W. Nicholson	U.S. Geological Survey	Changed county name to match location, changed development status to "Occurrence", added full reference citation from abbreviated reference

Beyond USGS

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