Mine detail: Taggart Mine (1859)

Previously called 'Bridgewater Gold MinesFagneau MineTaggart Mine 1859'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.6211, -72.68451

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Silver, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue: Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1851

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855
Last production ended: 1855

Geology

Host rock:Missisquoi Formation, Whetstone Hill And Moretown Members
Host type:Granulite

References

MRDSW033059
DEP10081187
Reference{Deposit:: CHANG, P.H., ERN, E.H, AND THOMPSON, J.B., 1965, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 29.}{Deposit:: GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT, VGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 2, PG. 46.}{Deposit:: PERKINS, G.H., 1904, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF VERMONT: VT. STATE GEOLOGIST, 4TH REPORT (1903-1904), P 54-58.}{Deposit:: PERRY, E.L. 1929, GEOLOGY OF BRIDGEWATER AND PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIPS, VT: VT STATE GEOLOGISTS, 16TH REPORT (1927-1928), PP 62-63.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 9.}{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:: Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.}
ReporterL. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), Fred Beck, Inc.