Mine detail: Pond Quarry

Previously called 'Vermont Soapstone Co. Quarry'

Location:	Windsor County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.37279, -72.53592
dep_id:	10081739
mrds_id:	W044064
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Talc-Soapstone
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Soapstone
gangue:	Magnesite, Actinolite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit:	Mount Holly Complex
hrock_type:	Schist,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Serpentinite
Year first produced:	1851
yr_lst_prd:	1910
References:	Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E. 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, VOL. II: (CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH) P. 787. Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 49. Deposit:: PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL AND PEAT. USGS MAP, MR-5. Deposit:: Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000. 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. Deposit:: Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.