Williams / Saxtons / West R. Placer Deposits

Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111271
MRDS ID W033068
Record type Site
Current site name Williams / Saxtons / West R. Placer Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.64121, 43.0958 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ALL STREAMS ARE WITHIN A 15 MILE RADIUS OF SIMPSONVILLE, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Townshend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West 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 Windham
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GLENS FALLS (1956) 1:250000
  • Streams Are Within A 15 Mile Radius of Located Point.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATIONS UNDERLYING STREAMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SOURCE ROCKS FOR THE DEPOSIT.
  • Formations Underlying Streams Are Not Necessarily Source Rocks For the Deposit.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R.G., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH, 54 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD REPORTED IN WILLIAMS, SAXTONS AND WEST RIVERS AND THEIR BRANCHES: TROUT, TURKEY MT., ADAMS AND WILLIE BROOKS; THE ROCK RIVER AND ITS S. BRANCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
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

Beyond USGS

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