Walcott Copper Mine

Past Producer in Lamoille county in Vermont, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231837
MAS/MILS ID 0500150008
Record type Site
Current site name Walcott Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Udall Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.49119, 44.59307 (WGS84)
Elevation 360

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolcott(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Lamoille

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.49119, 44.59307

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Town Of Wolcott

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Inferred 70000mt ore
    Total resources 70000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.8 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977
    Zinc Zn 0.05 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COPPER MAY BE MINED HERE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE 1976. REC. 010, COL. 44, TYPE OF MINERALS HOLDINGS IN ATTACHED GEO REPORT IMPLIES THAT IN 1968 SOME PARCELS WERE IN MINERALS RI AND SOME BOTH SURFACE AND MINING. ALSO THAT ACREAGE WAS UNDER (TYPE NOT SPECIFIED) REC. 030, COL. 47, REF. PT. IS MINE LOCATION AS DESCRIBED IN GEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT (BACKUP FILES) AND ON INDEX MAP ENCLOSED WITH REPORT. ELEVATION DATA GIVEN IN REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Mishra, C.P. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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