 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quarries of Lowell-Eden, Vermont SUE H. HADDEN R. R. 3, Box 303 Grafton, Vermont 05146 Downloaded by [University...miles from the Canadian border in north-central Vermont a narrow paved road follows the left fork just...Belvidere Moun- tain in the town of Eden, Lamoille County. The Lowell quarries are on the east side of the...the mountain in the town of Lowell, Orleans County. The village in closest proximity to the mountain is...Belvidere Mountain quarries in Lowell and Eden, Vermont, is one marked by as many peaks and valleys as |  | Carlsen, Kenneth S., Gale, Marjorie H., Thompson, Woodrow B., Kierstead, Matthew (2015) Belvidere Mountain Asbestos Quarries, Lowell/Eden, Vermont. Rocks & Minerals, 90 (6) 510-551 doi:10.1080/00357529.2015.1080535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Box 295 Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262 kencarlsen@ymail.com MARJORIE H. GALE Vermont Geological Survey Department...Conservation 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2 Montpelier, Vermont 05620 marjorie.gale@state.vt.us WOODROW B. THOMPSON...elvidere Mountain, Quarries Lowell/Eden, Vermont in northern Vermont, is known to generations of mineralogists...The mining of chrysotile asbestos in northern Vermont was a major industry and important to the local...typical of the rugged terrain in this region of Vermont. Drainage from the mine site follows either the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GRAND, ISLE: L Jirrwowwux/ lot* llMt UK* U'A VERMONT Mineral Locality Index VANDALL T. K I N G P.O....Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions map; adapted from U.S. Geological...of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he state of Vermont is relatively small,...manufacture of nails and simple iron objects. Talc and steatite were mined for use in such things as hot plates...ry in the world is in Rochester (Windsor Co.), Vermont. Min eral products mined "as is" for their final |  | | Report (issue) | | ..........................................106 Vermont .................................................Figures 1. Sketch cross-sections of typical "Vermont type" talc deposits, based on Waterbury and Barnes...micas, serpentine, and carbonates. Soapstone and steatite are other common names for talcbearing rocks....Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California include...quarried for dimension stone. Talc deposits in Vermont are mostly located in a north-trending belt of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORIGIN WITH OF THE VERMONT TALC DEPOSITS, A DISCUSSiON' ON' THE FORMATION' OF T^LC IN' GEN'ERAL....................... 246 General Geology of Vermont .................................... Talc Deposits...Windsor County.................... 253 254 Talc and Verde Antique Quarry, Stockbridge,Windsor County Williams...RochesterTownship, Orange County........ ... Verde Antique Quarry, North Hollow, Rochester, Orange Co. Talc Prospect...Prospect at Hammondsville, Reading Township, Windsor County .............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Serpentine Tectonic Belt (gray), extending from Vermont to the northeast. It shows the location of the...chrysotileasbestos mining centers of Abestos, Black Lake, and Thetford Mines and the location of Saint-Pierrede-Broughton...(until recently Canton [township] de Leeds, Comté [county] de Mégantic), Quebec, 46°1536 N; 71°1308 W...(in English: Regional County Municipalities), replacing the old township and county designations. In older...Montreal and 16 kilometers north-northeast of Thetford Mines, situated in a very attractive area of rolling |  | | Report (issue) | | shape.......................... 5 Distribution of steatite and grit ..•.••• : • • . 5 Structural details...Locality 124........................... 28 The Vermont Talc Co. , quarry, locality 126...................... , 32-33 ILLUSTRATIONS Plate 1. --Map of Vermont showing locations of ultramafic rocks .••..•..••••...cover Figure 1.--Idealized sketch map of a typical steatite-grit-serpentinite body .........................INVESTIGATIONS IN VERMONT PRELIMINARY REPORT ABSTRACT Commercial talc deposits in Vermont are derived from |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of the Upper Missisquoi Valley and Vicinity, Vermont GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1122-B Bedrock...Deposits of the Upper Missisquoi Valley and Vicinity, Vermont By W. M. CADY, A. L. ALBEE, and A. H. CHIDESTER...Carbonate rock._____________-_-_______-_----__--__ 43 Steatite ________-_____----___-__-_-_-_-___________ 44...sections of the upper Missisquoi Valley and vicinity, Vermont-______ ______ __________In pocket FiGtJEE 1. Index...location of the upper Missisquoi Valley and vicinity, Vermont-.______________________________ B 3 2. Diagrammatic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Miasisquoi Valley, Vt. (See GADYet al., 1963) Thetford Quarry, Quebec (see RXO~DON,1962) 3 5 vein 7 ...Cedar Hill Quarry, Lrmcaster County, Pennsylv8nia Wood Mine, Laneaster 1 County, Pennsyivanie Ways Quarry...Quarry, Vermont, 220°C is used for antigorite sample 3. (3) For the Belvidere Mtn. Quarry, Vermont, 220°...samples 9, 8, and 5, respectively. (4) For the Vermont Talc Quarry antigori~ sample 1, 460°C. (5) For...to -101 at Belvidere Mountain, Vermont (7 samples), to - 108 at Thetford, Quebec (2 samples), to - 116 |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Report (volume) | | quantities until the deposits in Canada, near Thetford, Quebec, were opened in 1878. The first asbestos...deposits associated with ultramafic rocks are in Vermont, but numerous small deposits have been mined in...asbestos in the United States is produced from Vermont and Arizona; California, Georgia, and North Carolina...from serpentinized peridotite in the vicinity of Thetford, Black Lake, East Broughton, and Asbestos. Northeast...Serpentine in peridotite and dunite masses in Vermont is related to fractures and constitutes 30 to 100 |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...and 87 under DENCE, and 91 under SMITHFIELD, for Steatite read line 11 from the top, for (Webster.) read...cavities, contained in granite. Garnet, sometimes orange red. Epidote, arenaceous, on the banks of the Androscoggin...Quartz, red and yellow, beautifully crystallized. Steatite. (N. G,) FRANCONIA, (Grafton Co.) Epidote, in...great quantities, and of good quality. (A*. G.) ORANGE. Iron Ores, of different kinds, and ochres, of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Professor G. H. Perkins, state geologist of Vermont, as well as the assistance of Judge M. E, Tucker...minerals was early known to the pioneer geologists of Vermont. In the report prepared by Pro fessor Edward Hitchcock...so-called talcose schists which enters Vermont on the north in Orleans county. At the northern boundary of the...portions of Orleans, Lamoille, Washington, Addison, Orange, Windsor, and W indham coun ties and having a...schists belong to the same group as those of the Thetford region. The schists are regarded by the Canadian |  | | Report (issue) | | Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860...diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen Jeff Scovil...color from colorless to blue to green to yellow to orange to red to pink to brown and black. Trace elements...ferric iron impart 2+ · 3+ red/brown, Mn imparts orange, Mn (the chromophore of "raspberry" grossular from...combination of the Mn2+ in the spessartine (imparting orange) and traces of vanadium in the pyrope (imparting |  | | Report (issue) | | Rocks and Adjacent Country Rocks in North-Central Vermont GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 345 Petrology...Rocks and Adjacent Country Rocks in North-Central Vermont By ALFRED H. CHIDESTER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...rocks and adjacent country rocks in north-central Vermont. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961. vii...Petrology Vermont. 2. Talc Vermont. 3. Mines and mineral resources Vermont. 4. Geochemistry Vermont. 5. Rocks...Rocks, Igneous Vermont. I. Title. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 1929-1930 SEVENTEENTH OF THIS SERIES GEORGE H...H. PERKINS State Geologist STAFF OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1929-1930 GEORGE H. PEinuNs, State...University of Vermont. ELBRIDGE C. JACOBS, Assistant CONTENTS Geologist, University of Vermont. CHARLES...PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT, G. H. PERKINS ..................... THE aEOLOGY OF VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS,...107 MOUNT MONADNOCK III VERMONT, J. E. Worr ................... LIST OF VERMONT MINERALS, G. H. PERKINS |  | | Report (issue) | | Ultramafic Rocks of the Belvidere Mountain Area in Vermont GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1016 Petrology...Ultramafic Rocks of the Belvidere Mountain Area in Vermont By A. H. CHIDESTER, A. L. ALBEE, and W. GEOLOGICAL...alteration products-serpentinite, chrysotile asbestos, steatite, talc-carbonate rock, and carbonate-quartz-rock-and...ultramafic rocks of the Belvidere Mountain area in Vermont. (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1016)...16:1016 1. Chrysotile-Vermont-Belvidere Mountain region. 2. Petrology-Vermont-Belvidere Mountain region |  | | Report (issue) | | Sherbrooke area Ditton area placers Coleraine-Thetford mines area 58 81 86 92 97 99 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...simples specimens. En Estrie, les gisements de steatite, de marbre et de serpentine peuvent fournir du...fine-grained masses. In places the massive talc contains orange-yellow streaks and translucent light brown nodules...serpentine. Pyroaurite is present as yellowish to orange, thin patches on serpentine. Specimens can be found...associated with silky white patches of devilline. An orange to brown stain on the schist is due to iron from |  | Levitan, D. M., Hammarstrom, J. M., Gunter, M. E., Seal, R. R., Chou, I-M., Piatak, N. M. (2009) Mineralogy of mine waste at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine, Belvidere Mountain, Vermont. American Mineralogist, 94 (7) 1063-1066 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3258 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogy of mine waste at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine, Belvidere Mountain, Vermont Denise M. Levitan,1,*...surfaces of waste piles at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine in northern Vermont were studied to determine their...important. The Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) mine on Belvidere Mountain in northern Vermont was the second...also contains the well-known asbestos deposits at Thetford Mines (Chidester et al. 1978). The mine operated...areas is from throughout the site. In 2004, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources began studying the |  | | Report (issue) | | Talc (Steatite)...... 29.0 29.8 ||/R JI/R 2.73 2.73 29 29 25 100 397 Talc (Steatite)...... ...(bars) 100 100 2.69 2.69 2.72 2.72 11.7 Talc (Steatite) MgjSi»0 10 (OH) 2 . ature CC) 29 25 100 25... 2.57 32 50 Sample from H.H. Hess (QTH-A), Thetford, Quebec. Mean of 7. Diment (1961). Ser pent inl...Museum. Samples from Diment (1961). King Mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec. Mlsener and others (1951). Mean...and dolomite cores from the Sandhill well, Wood County, West Virginia: West Virginia Geological Survey |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas OF VERMONT. 1907-1908. SIXTH OF THIS SERIES. GEORGE H. PERKINS...Geologist and Professor 01 Geology, University of Vermont. CONCORD, N. H. RUMFORD PRINTING COMPANY 1908...DALF. .................. 58 THE GRANITES OF VERMONT, FOSSIL CETACEA OF THE PLEISTOCENE, G. H. PERKINS......... 187 REFORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, G. H. PERKINS ........ 189 GEOLOGY OF THE TowN...... 210 REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY CF CHIT'JENDEN COUNTY, G. H. PERKINS ...... 221 GEOLOGY OF NEWPORT |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and. the latter only 12.62 per cent. I n the Thetford mines, with serpentine there occur veins of a...iron oxide, garnierite, steatite, and green nickel silicate; they are red, orange, yellow and brown, and |  | | Report (issue) | | Industries and Geology (9 12 of Certain Areas -o OF VERMONT. 'I 6 '4 4 7 THIRD OF THIS SERIES, 1901-1902...Geologist and Professor of Geology, University of Vermont 4 S 2 5 7 8 9 0 2 4 9 1 T. B. LYON C0MI'ANV...REPORTS ON VERMONT GEOLOGY ----------------- -- -- ----LIST OF OTHER PUBLICATIONS ON VERMONT GEOLOGY -------...----------------------------51 THE TERRANES OF ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT, C. H. Richardson -----------6i Topogr...Geological Map of Orange County, C. H. Richardson................ Plate IXA. Smaller Map of Orange and Washington |  | | Catalog/List | | AGGLOMERATE: Agglomerate .........................Custer County, Colorado " Volcanic ...............Magnet Cove...Amphibolite ...........................Albemarle County, Virgi11ia " (Fayalitc-bcaring) .......Near Mcsaba...: ........San Juan County, Colorado " Porphyry ...................Boulder County, Colorado " S ........Anhydrite, crystalline ....................Lyon County, Ncvada ANORTHOSITE: Anort?, osite, gray ........Arkose-scc Sandstone " " ............... Essex County, New York dark brown ...Rochester, New York green |  | | Report (volume) | | Boletfn de Minas, nos. 2, 8. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Geological Survey: Supplementary Report, Harlan County. Frankfort, Ky. Lake Superior Mining Institute:...vols. 52, 53 (part), 54 (part). Washington, D. C. Vermont Geological Survey: Report of the State Geologist...Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Braxton-Clay. Morgantown, W. 'Va. Wyoming...357-401, 64 figs., November 20, 1916... 41. The Boyd County mastodon, Tetrabelodon-osborni: Nebraska Geol. |
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