Mine detail: Carlton Talc Quarry

Previously called 'Site Also Includes the Vt Talc Quarry and the Gould Mine'

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Location: Windsor County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.2717, -72.63312
dep_id: 10081808
mrds_id: W044178
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: Steatite, Talc
orebody_fm: PODS AND LENSES
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Missisquoi Formation, Moretown Member
hrock_type: Schist
Year first produced: 1925
yr_lst_prd: 1935
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), PP. 12-13.
  • Deposit:: CHIDESTER, A. H., BILLINGS, M. P. AND CADY, W. M., 1951, TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT, PRELIMINARY REPORT: USGS CIRCULAR 95, P. 13.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: OMYA, INC.; PROCTOR, VT.
  • Deposit:: DOLL, C. G. ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT)
  • Deposit:: 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., Pp. 12-13.
  • Deposit:: Chidester, A.H., Billings, M.P., And Cady, W.M., 1951, Talc Investigations In Vermont, Preliminary Report: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 95; 33 P.
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