Mine detail: Roxbury Verde Antique Quarries

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Location

Lat / long: 44.0792, -72.7417

Resource(B)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Secondary: Talc-Soapstone
Tertiary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Serpentine
Gangue: Talc
Orebody form: IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
Discovery year: 1848

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1853
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Stone Formation, Greenstone-Amphibolite Member;Missiguoi Formation
Host type:Serpentinite

References

MRDSW044058
DEP10081735
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 39.}{Deposit:: RICHARDSON, C.H., THE TERRANES OF ROXBURY; 11TH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF VERMONT (1917-1918) PP 120-140.}{Deposit:: JACOBS, E.C., 1916, THE TALC AND SERPENTINE DEPOSITS OF VERMONT: 10TH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF VERMONT (1915-1916), PP 232-280.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.}{Deposit:: Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover,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.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff