MineralCollectinginVermont-TheUniversityofVermont.pptVIP

Mineral Collecting in Vermont Finding the accessible locations and other tips Barry Doolan, Chair, UVM Geology Dept. Mineral Occurences in Vermont Hydrothermal deposits Metamorphic minerals in metamorphosed pelitic and basaltic rocks Sedimentary rocks (veins and fractures) Igneous minerals (ultramafics, gabbros to granites) Placer deposits (gold, magnetite, garnet) Hydrothermal Deposits Kaolin Deposits - East Monkton, Fig 5 Parrot Jasper Mine - Colchester, Fig 9 Manganese Prospect - Richford, Fig 11 Hematite (specular), rhodinite, pyrolusite, calcite Bakersfield Pyrite Location - Fig 13 Metamorphic Minerals Route 9 roadcut 6 mi. east of Bennington, Fig 8 Blue quartz, garnet hornblende Essex County, Bloomfield – Fig 16 Andalusite (includes var. chiastolite) Gassetts Road Cut - Fig 60 Rt. 103/Williams River garnet, staurolite, muscovite, chlorite Kingsman Brook, Tyson – Fig 61 chloritoid, garnet, magnetite Concretions Pyrite concretions West end of Sand Bar Bridge, south side of Rt. 2 Fig 20 Veins and Cavities Huntley Quarry Leicester Junction – Fig 6 Calcite and tremolite (var. mountain leather) North end of South Hero – Rt 2; Fig 19 Quartz, calcite crystals, pyrite concretions Dorset Mountain Quarry – Fig 41 Calcite and trmolite (var. mountain leather) Devil’s Den, Mount Tabor – Fig 42 Smoky and clear quartz, ilmenite, pyrite Calc-silicate Deposits Route 155, Wallingford, Marble of the Mt. Holly Complex tourmaline, actinolite, pink calcite, epidote, diopside Southeast of Whitingham, Windham County – Fig 21, loc 1, 2 muscovite, rutile, tourmaline, pyrite, graphite, calcite, phlogopite, diopside, hematite, garnet Routes 103-100 area talc, calcite, diopside, pyrite, tourmaline Ultramafic Rocks Eden Mills Asbestos Mine Carleton Talc Mine, Chester – Fig 57 Actinolite, talc, chlorite, magnetite, pyrite, tourmaline Johnson Talc Mine (access?) – Fig 25 Gervsdorfite (NiAsS) ?? Granite, Pegmatites Road Cuts on east side of Lake Willougby – Rt 5A, Fig 32 Quartz, microcline,