Mine detail: Horn-Crocket Kaolin Co. (1902)

Previously called 'Horn-Crocket Kaolin Co. 1902'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.8175, -73.05673

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron, Kaolin
Secondary: Manganese
Ore: Pyrolusite, Manganite, Hematite, Kaolinite
Gangue: Lignite, Quartz
Orebody form: PODS AND SOME FAIRLY COMPLETE BEDS (BLANKET)
Discovery year: 1810

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1922

Geology

Host rock:Cheshire Formation
Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSW033630
DEP10081553
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH P. 8.}{Deposit:: HORN, W., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: OGDEN, D.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE KAOLIN AT EAST MONKTON, VT. VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 3, PP. 31-38.}{Deposit:: Ogden, D.G., 1969, Geology And Origin Of The Kaolin At East Monkton, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Economic Geology Report 3, P. 31-38.Ogden, D.G., 1969, Geology And Origin Of The Kaolin At East Monkton, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Economic Geology Report 3, P. 31-38.}{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.)