Mine detail: Sunderland - Manchester Deposit

Previously called 'Lye Brook Mine'

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Location: Bennington County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.14281, -73.03923
dep_id: 10089822
mrds_id: W033682
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Weathering Residual
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Limonite
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Dunham Formation;Cheshire Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: BURT, F.A., 1931, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS: REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, VGS, 1927-1928.
  • Deposit:: HEWITT, P.C., 1961, THE GEOLOGY OF THE EQUINOX QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 18.
  • Deposit:: RESCH, T. (ED.), 1975, THE SHIRES OF BENNINGTON: PUBLISHED BY THE BENNINGTON BANNER FOR THE BENNINGTON MUSEUM, BENNINGTON, VT., P. 92.
  • Deposit:: HARRISON, D.K., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LYE BROOK WILDERNESS AREAS, BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES, VERMONT: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-81.
  • Deposit:: Ayuso, R.A., And Harrison, D.K., 1983, Mineral Resource Potential Map Of The Lye Brook Wilderness, Bennington And Windham Counties, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map Mf-1609, Scale 1:48,000.Ayuso, R.A., And Harrison, D.K., 1983, Mineral Resource Potential Map Of The Lye Brook Wilderness, Bennington And Windham Counties, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map Mf-1609, Scale 1:48,000.
  • Deposit:: Burt, F.A., 1931, The Geology Of The Vermont Ocher Deposits: 16th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1929-1930): Free Press Printing Co., Burlington, Vermont.Burt, F.A., 1931, The Geology Of The Vermont Ocher Deposits: 16th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1929-1930): Free Press Printing Co., Burlington, Vermont.
  • Deposit:: Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.
  • Deposit:: Resch, T. (Editor), 1975, The Shires Of Bennington: Bennington Banner, Bennington Vermont, P. 92.Resch, T. (Editor), 1975, The Shires Of Bennington: Bennington Banner, Bennington Vermont, P. 92.
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