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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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Orange Phelps Iron Mine (Past Producer)Parrot Jasper Mine (Past Producer)Parrott Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Iron Mine (Past Producer)Colchester Bog Ore (Past Producer)Elmwood Farm & Brownell Estate (Occurrence)Mullen Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Talc Location (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
8 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Parrot Jasper Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Quartz. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 44.594, -73.200. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

4
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

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

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 3Limonite 2Jasper 1Steatite 1Talc 1

Commodities

Iron 3Quartz 1Talc-Soapstone 1Titanium 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Colchester Bog OreIronHematitePast Producer44.556, -73.131
Unnamed Iron MineIronHematite, LimonitePast Producer44.599, -73.135
Orange Phelps Iron MineIronHematite, LimonitePast Producer44.708, -73.204
Parrot Jasper MineQuartzJasperPast Producer44.594, -73.200
Unnamed Talc LocationTalc-SoapstoneSteatite, TalcOccurrence44.422, -72.843
Parrott Prospect——Prospect44.583, -73.168
Mullen ProspectTitanium—Prospect44.426, -72.904
Elmwood Farm & Brownell Estate——Occurrence44.549, -73.127

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 10 fossil collection records in Chittenden County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Grand Isle County · Lamoille County · Addison County · Franklin County · Washington County

Vermont mineral guides

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Related articles

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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