Mine detail: Seth Phillips Mine

Previously called 'Chipman Bed'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.43389, -73.03142
dep_id: 10100273
mrds_id: W033603
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Weathering Residual
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Kaolinite, Hematite, Limonite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff, Fred Beck, Inc.
hrock_unit: Dunham Dolomite;Cheshire Quartzite
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1810
yr_lst_prd: 1845
References:
  • Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, PT II. (CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; CLAREMONT, NH). P. 821.
  • Deposit:: ROLANDO, V., 1984, 200 YEARS OF SOOT AND SWEAT; A HISTORY AND FIELDGUIDE TO VERMONT IRON AND CHARCOAL INDUSTRIES. (UNPUBLISHED).
  • Deposit:: BURT, F., 1930, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 17TH REPORT (1929-1930), P. 107-136.
  • Deposit:: BOULE, ERNEST, 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: Burt, F.A., 1931, The Geology Of The Vermont Ocher Deposits: Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1929-1930): Free Press Printing Company, Burlington, Vermont.Burt, F.A., 1931, The Geology Of The Vermont Ocher Deposits: Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1929-1930): Free Press Printing Company, Burlington, Vermont.
  • Deposit:: Rolando, V. 1984. 200 Years Of Soot And Sweat: A History And Field Guide To Vermont Iron And Charcoal Industries: (Unpublished).Rolando, V. 1984. 200 Years Of Soot And Sweat: A History And Field Guide To Vermont Iron And Charcoal Industries: (Unpublished).
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