Mine detail: Unnamed Copper Prospect

Previously called 'Old Mining FarmCookville Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.01136, -72.29796

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Massive Sulfide., Disseminated
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Waits River Formation
Host type:Hornblendite,Mica Schist

References

MRDSW033947
DEP10081670
Reference{Deposit:: HISTORY OF CORINTH, VT; 1764-1964, BY THE TOWN OF CORINTH HISTORY COMMITTEE; CORINTH, VT (1964).}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S. AND ERIC, J.H., 1944, PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOLOGY OF THE ORANGE CO. COPPER DISTRICT, VI: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J., 1985, USGS RESTON, VA: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: Town Of Corinth History Committee, 1964, History Of Corinth, Vermont; 1764-1964.Town Of Corinth History Committee, 1964, History Of Corinth, Vermont; 1764-1964.}{Deposit:: White, W.S., And Eric, J.H., 1944, Preliminary Report Geology Of The Orange County Copper District, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 42-1.White, W.S., And Eric, J.H., 1944, Preliminary Report Geology Of The Orange County Copper District, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 42-1.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff