Mine detail: Elizabeth Mine

Previously called 'Cleavland MineFoster Mine (North Pit)South Mine (South Pit)Elizabethtown'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.81941, -72.33754

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc, Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt, Nickel, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet, Hornblende, Phlogopite, Tourmaline, Tremolite
Orebody form: BLANKET, TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1793

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1809
Last production ended: 1958

Geology

Host rock:Gile Mountain Formation, Waits River Formation
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Associated rock:Standing Pond Volcanics
Associated type:Meta-Basalt
Structure:North trending, north plunging Elizabeth syncline
Tectonic:Strafford Dome, Strafford - Willoughby Arch, Connecticut Valley - Gaspe Synclinorium
Alteration processes:Premetamorphic Hydrothermal Alteration; Regional Metamorphism

References

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Reference{Commodity:: KINKEL, A.R., JR., AND PETERSON, N.P., 1962, COPPER IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII; U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-13, 1:3,168,000.}{Deposit:: ANNIS, M.P., SLACK, J.F. AND ROLF, A.L., 1983, STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS OF THE ELIZABETH MINE, ORANGE COUNTY VT: IN FIELDTRIP GUIDEBOOK TO STRATABOUND SULPHIDE DEPOSITS, BATHHURST AREA, N.B., CANADA AND WEST-CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND, USA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 36, PP 41-51.}{Deposit:: HOWARD, P.F. 1959 STRUCTURE AND ROCK ALTERATION AT THE ELIZABETH MINE VERMONT, PT II ROCK ALTERATION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.54, P. 1414-1443.}{Deposit:: MCKINSTRY H. E AND MIKKOLA, A.K., 1954, THE ELIZABETH COPPER MINE, VT; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 49, P. 1-30.}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, C., 1973, GREEN MOUNTAIN COPPER, THE STORY OF VERMONTS RED METAL. HERALD PRINTERY, RANDOLPH, VT, 36 P.}{Deposit:: GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT. VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 2, PP. 27-28.}{Geology:: HOWARD, P.F., 1969, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ELIZABETH MINE, VERMONT: VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOLOGY NO. 5}{Geology:: WHITE, W.S AND ERIC, J.H, 1944, PRELIMINARY REPORT; GEOLOGY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COPPER DISTRICT, VERMONT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 36 P.}{Geology:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH, P 63.}{Geology:: SLACK, J.F., OFFIELD, T.W., SHANKS, W.C., III, AND WOODRUFF, L.G., 1993, BESSHI-TYPE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE VERMONT COPPER BELT; IN THOMPSON, T.B., ED., SELECTED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF VERMONT AND THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK; SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 17, P. 32-73.}
ReporterCoury, Anny B., Whitlow, S., McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), McBean, A.J. (Ratte, C.A.), Woodruff, Laurel G.