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East Braintree Arsenic

Past Producer in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodities Arsenic, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100548
MRDS ID W102214
Record type Site
Current site name East Braintree Arsenic
Alternate or previous names Arsenic Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.64117, 43.9958 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position ONE HALF MILE EAST OF EAST BRAINTREE VILLAGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Randolph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ARSENIC 43 %
Result AG 1 TO 2 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.64117, 43.9958
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • RICHARDSON AND CABEEN, 1921 SAID THE ORE CONTAINED 1-2 OZ AG/TON. PRODUCTION ASSUMED BY PRESENCE OF CHIMNEY, PITS, AND DUMPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., AND CABEEN,C.K., 1921, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF BRAINTREE, VT.: VT. STATE GEOLOGIST 12TH REPT., 1919-1920, P.73-75.

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VT.: VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 21, P91 AND MAP FIG 6

  • Deposit

    GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT: VT. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. NO 2, P25.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

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