Mine detail: Sugar Hollow Lead Mine, West Adit

Previously called 'UnnamedSugar Hollow Lead Mines West Adit'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.7839, -73.02513

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein And Disseminated
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850
Last production ended: 1850

Geology

Host rock:Pinnacle Formation
Host type:Schist

References

MRDSW033722
DEP10081593
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM. HANOVER NH., P. 8.}{Deposit:: CLARK, S. AND NELEY, C., 1983, ZINC, LEAD AND BARITE DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN PALEOZOIC ROCKS, EAST-CENTRAL US. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-187, P. 71.}{Deposit:: CLARK, S., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: Clark, S. And Neley, C., 1983, Zinc, Lead, And Barite Deposits And Occurrences In Paleozoic Rocks, East-Central U.S.: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-187.Clark, S. And Neley, C., 1983, Zinc, Lead, And Barite Deposits And Occurrences In Paleozoic Rocks, East-Central U.S.: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-187.}{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.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff