Mine detail: Gove Mine

Previously called 'Green Mountain Mine'

Location:	Orange County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.87889, -72.3512
dep_id:	10081542
mrds_id:	W033615
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Sphalerite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
gangue:	Garnet, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Hornblende, Feldspar, Quartz
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Reporter:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit:	Waits River Formation
hrock_type:	Granulite
yr_lst_prd:	1917
References:	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:: ABBOT, C., 1973, GREEN MOUNTAIN COPPER, THE STORY OF VERMONTS RED METAL. HERALD PRINTERY, RANDOLPH, VT., 36 P. Deposit:: WHITE, W.S. AND 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.