Mine detail: Copperas Hill Mine

Previously called 'Cuttingsville Copperas Ore'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.4911, -72.87312

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Silver, Gold, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR REPLACEMENT ORE AND IRREGULAR LENSES OF DISSEMINATED ORE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mount Holly Complex
Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSW033616
DEP10100274
Reference{Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., 1969, REPORT ON THE CUTTINGSVILLE PYRRHOTITE DEPOSIT, CUTTINGSVILLE, VERMONT, VGS ECONOMIC GEOLOGY NO. 4.}{Deposit:: EGGLESTON, J.W., 1918, ERUPTIVE ROCKS AT CUTTINGSVILLE, VERMONT: REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, VOL. 11, P. 167-193.}{Deposit:: GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT. SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 2, VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PP 32-33.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE. R., 19648 VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH., P 42.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J., 1985, USGS-EMR, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{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:: Doll, C.G., 1969, Report On The Cuttingsville Pyrrhotite Deposit, Cuttingsville, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Economic Geology 4.Doll, C.G., 1969, Report On The Cuttingsville Pyrrhotite Deposit, Cuttingsville, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Economic Geology 4.}{Deposit:: Eggleston, J.W., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P.167-193.Eggleston, J.W., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P.167-193.}{Deposit:: Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.Grant, W. R., 1968, Mineral Collecting In Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Publication 2, 49 P.}
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