Mine detail: East Braintree Arsenic

Previously called 'Arsenic Mine'

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Location: Orange County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.9958, -72.64117
dep_id: 10100548
mrds_id: W102214
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Arsenic
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Calkins, James A.
hrock_unit: Waits River Formation
hrock_type: Phyllite
References:
  • Deposit:: RICHARDSON, C.H., AND CABEEN,C.K., 1921, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF BRAINTREE, VT.: VT. STATE GEOLOGIST 12TH REPT., 1919-1920, P.73-75.
  • Deposit:: ERN, E.H., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VT.: VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 21, P91 AND MAP FIG 6
  • Deposit:: GRANT, R.W., 1968, MINERAL COLLECTING IN VERMONT: VT. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. NO 2, P25.
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