Mine detail: Waterbury Talc Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 44.31499, -72.72621

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Talc
Orebody form: IRREGULAR V OR Y-SHAPED
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1913
Last production ended: 1950

Geology

Host rock:Stowe Formation
Host type:Phyllite,Schist

References

MRDSW033934
DEP10081665
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 48.}{Deposit:: CHIDESTER, A.H., BILLINGS, M.P. AND CADY, W.M, 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT: USGS CIRCULAR 95, PP. 21-22.}{Deposit:: JACOBS, E.C., 1914, TALC AND TALC DEPOSITS OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 407-408, 418-419.}{Deposit:: Doll, C.G., 1951, Geology Of The Memphremagog Quadrangle And The Southeastern Portion Of The Irasburg Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 3, Pp. 38-41, Plate 1.Doll, C.G., 1951, Geology Of The Memphremagog Quadrangle And The Southeastern Portion Of The Irasburg Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 3, Pp. 38-41, Plate 1.}{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.}{Deposit:: Slack, J., 1985, USGS Reston, Va.: Personal Communication}
ReporterL. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)