Mine detail: Orange Mine

Previously called 'Reynolds Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.8839, -72.3609

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Sphalerite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Hornblende, Feldspar, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1915

Geology

Host rock:Waits River Formation
Host type:Granulite

References

MRDSW033614
DEP10081541
Reference{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., ERIC, J.H. AND AMSDEN, T.W, 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ORANGE AND GOVE COPPER MINES, STRAFFORD, VT: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-352.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., ERIC, J.H., 1944, PRELIMINARY REPORT. GEOLOGY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COPPER DISTRICT, VERMONT. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P. 43.}{Deposit:: PERKINS, G.H., 1918, ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST. P.H. GOBIE PRESS, (BELLOWS FALLS, VT) P. 147.}{Deposit:: White, W.S., Eric, J.H., And Amsden, T.W., 1943, Preliminary Report On Orange And Gove Copper Mines, Strafford, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-352.White, W.S., Eric, J.H., And Amsden, T.W., 1943, Preliminary Report On Orange And Gove Copper Mines, Strafford, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-352.}{Deposit:: 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 42-1.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 42-1.}{Deposit:: Perkins, G.H., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P. 14-17.Perkins, G.H., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P. 14-17.}{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.}
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