CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
838 United States (Vermont) 43.55.30 N -- 072.17.00 W Ely Mine (1865); Pollard Mine; Copperfield Mine; Vershore Mine Cu
 
Database name: World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits
Custodial agency: Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley
Release date: 2015-03-23
   
Deposit name(s): Ely Mine (1865) (mine name); Pollard Mine (mine name); Copperfield Mine (mine name); Vershore Mine (mine name)
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Vermont; Nearest community: West Fairlee (1.8 miles NW)
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Pelitic mafic; 3
Geologic province: Appalachian
Geologic district: Orange County Copper District
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Middle Devonian (host rocks)
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 395; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
Links to other databases: MRDS - USGS; Key value: 10106258
References:
Annis, M. P.; Slack, J. F.; Rolfe, A. L., 1983
Stratabound Massive Sulphide Deposits of the Elizabeth Mine, Orange County, Vermont
in Field Trip Guidebook to Stratabound Sulphide Deposits, Bathurst Area, N.B., Canada and West-central New England, U.S., Edited by Sangster, D. F., Miscellaneous Report, IGCP-CCSS Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, September 1983, Geological Survey of Canada , 36, 76 p, p. 41 - 51

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

0.45 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.5 percent
Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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