Mine detail: Unnamed

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Location: Windham County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.91251, -72.77372
dep_id: 10081624
mrds_id: W033883
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Steatite
gangue: Magnesite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR POD OR LENS
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 17, P. 148, PLATE 1.
  • Deposit:: CHIDESTER, A.H., BILLINGS, M.P. AND CADY, W.M., 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT: USGS CIRCULAR 95, P. 13.
  • Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO (CLAREMONT, NH), P. 535.
  • 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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