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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

By county

Orange County (25) · Windsor County (20) · Rutland County (13) · Essex County (10) · Franklin County (5) · Lamoille County (4) · Washington County (3) · Orleans County (2) · Chittenden County (2) · Addison County (1)

Sites (first 60)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Essex Mine (1860's)CopperBornite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.392, -71.841
Unnamed Copper OccurrenceCopperBornite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.895, -72.695
Nicholson Copper ProspectCopperBornite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence44.781, -71.905
Berkshire Copper MineCopperBornite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.998, -72.765
Bolles Hill Mine (1860-1880)CopperChalcopyritePast Producer44.542, -71.623
Dimond Property Copper ProspectCopperChalcopyriteOccurrence43.913, -72.293
Kibling MineCopperChalcopyriteOccurrence43.761, -72.323
Unnamed Copper MineCopperChalcopyritePast Producer44.412, -72.665
Richford Copper ProspectCopperChalcopyriteOccurrence45.008, -72.643
Harvey Coe ProspectCopperChalcopyriteOccurrence44.784, -71.877
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperChalcopyriteOccurrence43.729, -72.313
Waterman MineCopperChalcopyritePast Producer43.756, -72.249
Unnamed Base Metal ProspectLeadChalcopyrite, GalenaOccurrence43.781, -73.021
Unnamed Lead ProspectLeadChalcopyrite, GalenaOccurrence43.726, -72.315
Sugar Hollow Mine, East AditZincChalcopyrite, Galena, SphaleritePast Producer43.782, -73.021
Unnamed Molybdenum OccurrenceMolybdenumChalcopyrite, Graphite, MolybdeniteOccurrence43.992, -72.155
Unnamed Base Metal MineZinc, LeadChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Galena, SphaleritePast Producer43.781, -73.014
Elizabeth MineCopperChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleritePast Producer43.819, -72.338
Thetford Hill ProspectZinc, LeadChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, GalenaOccurrence43.824, -72.220
Oram MineZinc, LeadChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, GalenaPast Producer43.831, -73.083
Waterbury-Barnes Hill Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneChalcopyrite, SteatiteOccurrence44.402, -72.691
Williams Talc MineTalc-SoapstoneChalcopyrite, Steatite, TalcPast Producer43.861, -72.758
Stockbridge Talc MinesTalc-SoapstoneChalcopyrite, Talc, SteatitePast Producer43.793, -72.769
Fairlee Gold Mine (1902)GoldGalena, Chalcopyrite, Silver, GoldOccurrence43.907, -72.215
Unnamed Sulfide OccurrenceCopperGalena, Sphalerite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence44.996, -72.236
McKinsey Gold MinesCopperGold, Galena, ChalcopyritePast Producer43.603, -72.678
Joslyn Gold MineCopperGold, Galena, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.584, -72.660
Pioneer and Carbeneau Gold MinesCopperGold, Galena, ChalcopyritePast Producer43.638, -72.691
Taggart Mine (1859)Copper, LeadGold, Silver, Chalcopyrite, GalenaPast Producer43.621, -72.685
Norton MineZinc, Copper, LeadGold, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, GalenaOccurrence44.897, -71.519
Cookville MineCopperMagnetite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.011, -72.290
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperMagnetite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence44.011, -72.298
Udall MineCopperMagnetite, Sphalerite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.586, -72.507
Clark Farm DepositCopperMalachite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.583, -73.072
Copperas Hill MineIronMolybdenite, Sphalerite, Silver, Gold, Chalcopyrite, PyrrhotitePast Producer43.491, -72.873
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperPyrrhotite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.763, -72.270
Walker MineCopperPyrrhotite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.886, -72.383
Smith MineCopperPyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.054, -72.305
Old Copper MineCopperPyrrhotite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.826, -72.623
Sugar Hollow Lead Mine, West AditZinc, LeadPyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, SphaleritePast Producer43.784, -73.025
The Silver MineLead, Copper, ZincPyrrhotite, Galena, Chalcopyrite, SphaleritePast Producer43.793, -73.027
Franklin Co. ProspectZincSilver, Galena, Chalcopyrite, SphaleriteOccurrence44.978, -72.950
Breadloaf Roadless AreaCopper, Zinc, LeadSphalerite, Galena, ChalcopyriteOccurrence44.046, -72.907
Hinchman ProspectCopper, GoldSphalerite, Manganese Ox-Hydrous, Magnetite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, GoldOccurrence43.519, -72.661
Pike Hill Mines (1905)CopperSphalerite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.060, -72.308
Orange MineCopperSphalerite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer43.884, -72.361
Gove MineCopperSphalerite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer43.879, -72.351
Ely Mine (1865)CopperSphalerite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer43.929, -72.286
Cuttingsville MineCopperWolframite, Molybdenite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.486, -72.882
H. Coe MineCopper—Occurrence44.778, -71.887
Bolles Hill MineCopper—Past Producer44.544, -71.643
Udall Mine/Wolcott MineCopper—Past Producer44.578, -72.508
Eureka Mine/ Smith/Union MinesCopper—Past Producer44.056, -72.301
Berkshire Copper MineCopper—Past Producer44.995, -72.764
Waterbury-Barnes Hill Talc ProspectCopper—Occurrence44.410, -72.712
Copper Mine, UnnamedCopper—Past Producer44.414, -72.656
Cuttingsville Copperas OreCopper, Iron—Past Producer43.492, -72.865
Blood Mt.Copper—Past Producer43.758, -72.249
WallingfordCopper, Silver—Occurrence43.444, -72.952
Ely Copperfield MineCopper—Past Producer43.931, -72.287

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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