Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein And Disseminated Sulfide
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR LENSES WITHIN A THIN VEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena
GangueLimonite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite · Gile Mountain Formation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1845
Identification
Deposit ID10081547
MRDS IDW033622
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.8236, -72.2203
References
HADLEY, J.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE BRADFORD-THETFORD AREA, ORANGE CO.; VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 1, P. 34.PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT, EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL, AND PEAT. USGS MAP, MR-5, SCALE 1:500000.THOMPSON, Z., 1842, THOMPSON'S VERMONT. CHAUNCEY GOODRICH; BURLINGTON, VT., PPL 170-171, PART 3.HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, VOL. 2. CLAREMONT MFG. CO. (CLAREMONT, NH.) P.838-839.ADAMS, C.B., 1846, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT; CHAUNCEY GOODRICH. (BURLINGTON, VT) P. 226-227.Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., And Murphy, J.F., 1962, Bedrock Geology Of The Lincoln Mountain Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-164; Scale 1:62,500.