Mine detail: Unnamed Soapstone Quarry

Previously called 'Unnamed'

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Location: Windsor County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.8397, -72.63841
dep_id: 10081679
mrds_id: W033964
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR POD
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Missisquoi Formation, Barnard Volcanic Member
hrock_type: Amphibolite
arock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Year first produced: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861. THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), PP. 539-540.
  • Deposit:: ERN, E.H. JR., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 21, PLATE 1.
  • 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:: 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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