Mine detail: Frostbite Talc Mine

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Location: Windsor County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.3561, -72.67342
dep_id: 10081619
mrds_id: W033878
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Steatite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR POD
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Fred Beck, Inc., McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Missisquoi Formation
hrock_type: Phyllite
arock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Year first produced: 1971
References:
  • Deposit:: MILLER, R., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, WEST WINDSOR, VT.
  • Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).
  • Deposit:: Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: Miller, R., 1985, Personal Communication, West Windsor, Vermont.
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