Mine detail: Somerset Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.95921, -72.89563

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite, Mica, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Massive And Disseminated
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1820
Last production ended: 1835

Geology

Host rock:Readsboro Member, Cavendish Formation
Host type:Schist

References

MRDSW033620
DEP10081546
Reference{Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E., 1861, GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, PART II. CLAREMONT MFG. CO. (CLAREMONT, NH.) P. 828.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM (HANOVER, NH.) PG. 17.}{Deposit:: KULL, N.M., 1961, HISTORY OF DOVER, VERMONT; THE BOOK CELLAR (BRATTLEBORO, VT.) P. 3-4.}{Deposit:: ROLANDO, V., 1984, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: Kull, N.M., 1961, History Of Dover, Vermont: The Book Cellar, Brattleboro, Vermont.Kull, N.M., 1961, History Of Dover, Vermont: The Book Cellar, Brattleboro, Vermont.}{Deposit:: Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.}{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.}
ReporterL. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)