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Tyson Furnace Mine

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106283
MRDS ID W033605
Record type Site
Current site name Tyson Furnace Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.70872, 43.46609 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.25 MILES WEST OF TYSON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • PITS AND COLLAPSED ADIT ARE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF TINY MOUNTAIN NORTHWEST OF TYSON, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Tyson Formation
    Rock description Tyson Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.70872, 43.46609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 4.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1825
Discoverer J. W. Stickney
Year of first production 1836
Year of last production 1855

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Issac Tyson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clopay Overhead Doors, Ludlow, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.049HA
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 426.72M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS ARE COLLAPSED. ONLY SHALLOW PITS ARE VISIBLE AT THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • THE FURNACE CONTINUED TO BLAST UNTIL 1872 BUT LOCAL ORE WAS NOT USED PAST 1855

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 35.

  • Deposit

    ALDRICH C. AND HOLMES F. EDITORS, HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY, VERMONT. (D. MASON AND CO., SYRACUSE, NY, 1891)

  • Deposit

    ROLANDO, V., 1980, IRON MAKING IN VERMONT: 1775-1890. COLLEGE OF ST. ROSE; UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1846, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT. (CHAUNCEY GOODRICH; BURLINGTON, VT) P. 216.

  • Deposit

    NO AUTHOR, 1864, TYSON IRON CO., PLYMOUTH, VT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. (RAND AND AVERY, BOSTON, MA).

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, Z., 1842, THOMPSON'S VERMONT. (CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, BURLINGTON. VT) P. 140-142.

  • Deposit

    Thompson, Z. 1842, Thompson'S Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont: P. 140-142.Thompson, Z. 1842, Thompson'S Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont: P. 140-142.

  • Deposit

    No Author, 1864, Tyson Iron Company, Plymouth, Vermont: Geological Surveys: Rand And Avery, Boston, Massachusetts.No Author, 1864, Tyson Iron Company, Plymouth, Vermont: Geological Surveys: Rand And Avery, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Deposit

    Adams, C.B., 1846, Second Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chancey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont 217 P.Adams, C.B., 1846, Second Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chancey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont 217 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Rolando, V., 1980, Iron Making In Vermont: 1755-1890: Unpublished Master'S Thesis, College Of St. Rose, Albany, New York.Rolando, V., 1980, Iron Making In Vermont: 1755-1890: Unpublished Master'S Thesis, College Of St. Rose, Albany, New York.

  • Deposit

    Aldrich, C. And Holmes, F. (Editors), 1891, History Of Windsor County, Vermont: D. Mason And Company, Syracuse, New York.Aldrich, C. And Holmes, F. (Editors), 1891, History Of Windsor County, Vermont: D. Mason And Company, Syracuse, New York.

Reporter information

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-NOV-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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