Mine detail: Copperas Hill Mine

Previously called 'Cuttingsville Copperas Ore'

Location:	Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.4911, -72.87312
dep_id:	10100274
mrds_id:	W033616
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Silver, Gold, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue:	Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR REPLACEMENT ORE AND IRREGULAR LENSES OF DISSEMINATED ORE
work_type:	Surface
model:	72: Polymetallic replacement
Reporter:	L. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), Fred Beck, Inc.
hrock_unit:	Mount Holly Complex
hrock_type:	Limestone
References:	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.