Mine detail: Granville Talc Mine

Previously called 'East Granville Talc Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.0161, -72.7514

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Talc, Steatite
Orebody form: POD OR LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Stowe Formation;Missisquoi Formation
Host type:Phyllite,Schist

References

MRDSW033926
DEP10081658
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 21.}{Deposit:: JACOBS, E.C., 1914, TALC AND THE TALC DEPOSITS OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P. 408.}{Deposit:: CHIDESTER, A.H., BILLINGS, M.P. AND CADY, W.M., 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT: USGS CIRCULAR 95, PP 25-26.}{Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).}{Deposit:: Dennis, J.G., 1956, The Geology Of The Lyndonville Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 8, 98 P.Dennis, J.G., 1956, The Geology Of The Lyndonville Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 8, 98 P.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff