Mine detail: Sugar Hollow Lead Mine, West Adit

Previously called 'UnnamedSugar Hollow Lead Mines West Adit'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.7839, -73.02513
dep_id: 10081593
mrds_id: W033722
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein And Disseminated
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Pinnacle Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Year first produced: 1850
yr_lst_prd: 1850
References:
  • 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.
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