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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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Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrence (Occurrence)Unnamed Iron Location (Past Producer)Arsenic Mine (1924) (Past Producer)East Braintree Arsenic (Past Producer)Walker Mine (Occurrence)Orange Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Elizabeth Mine (Past Producer)Elizabeth Mine (Past Producer)Pike Hill Mines (1905) + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Smith Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed Copper Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Dimond Property Copper Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Smith Mine (Past Producer)Cookville Mine (Past Producer)Ely Copperfield Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Fairlee Gold Mine (1902) (Occurrence)Thetford Hill Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Molybdenum Occurrence (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
18 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Elizabeth Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 4 gem or collectible minerals (Tourmaline, Garnet, Gold, Silver) and 6 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Copper. Minerals mentioned: Tourmaline, Garnet, Gold, Pyrite, Copper, Silver. Approx. location 43.819, -72.338. 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?

22
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

9
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
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

Chalcopyrite 13Pyrrhotite 9Sphalerite 6Silver 2Galena 2Magnetite 2Arsenopyrite 1Gold 1Graphite 1Molybdenite 1Steatite 1Limonite 1

Commodities

Copper 16Zinc 4Lead 3Arsenic 2Gold 2Iron 2Molybdenum 1Talc-Soapstone 1Granite 1Silver 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Dimond Property Copper ProspectCopperChalcopyriteOccurrence43.913, -72.293
Unnamed Molybdenum OccurrenceMolybdenumChalcopyrite, Graphite, MolybdeniteOccurrence43.992, -72.155
Elizabeth MineCopperChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleritePast Producer43.819, -72.338
Thetford Hill ProspectZinc, LeadChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, GalenaOccurrence43.824, -72.220
Fairlee Gold Mine (1902)GoldGalena, Chalcopyrite, Silver, GoldOccurrence43.907, -72.215
Unnamed Iron LocationIronLimonitePast Producer44.008, -72.727
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperMagnetite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence44.011, -72.298
Cookville MineCopperMagnetite, Pyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.011, -72.290
Walker MineCopperPyrrhotite, ChalcopyriteOccurrence43.886, -72.383
Smith MineCopperPyrrhotite, ChalcopyritePast Producer44.054, -72.305
Arsenic Mine (1924)ArsenicSilver, ArsenopyritePast Producer43.997, -72.643
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
Unnamed Ultramafic OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneSteatiteOccurrence44.023, -72.740
Eureka Mine/ Smith/Union MinesCopper—Past Producer44.056, -72.301
Thetford AreaLead, Zinc—Past Producer43.828, -72.220
Norwich Lead VeinLead—Occurrence43.787, -72.266
Ely Copperfield MineCopper—Past Producer43.931, -72.287
Orange & Gove MineCopper—Past Producer43.883, -72.354
Cookville MineCopper—Past Producer44.012, -72.287
East Braintree ArsenicArsenic—Past Producer43.996, -72.641
Elizabeth Mine——Past Producer43.823, -72.333
Smith MineCopper—Past Producer44.018, -72.269
Pirie-Adam QuarryGranite—Producer44.208, -72.600
Orange & Gove Mines——Prospect43.881, -72.349
Copperfield Mine——Past Producer43.929, -72.286
Dimond Property——Occurrence43.914, -72.294
Eureka-Union Mine——Past Producer44.059, -72.303
Cookville Mine——Past Producer44.008, -72.291
Thetford Zn-Pb OccurrenceZinc—Past Producer43.825, -72.221
South MineCopper—Past Producer43.936, -72.280

Nearby counties

Washington County · Windsor County · Addison County · Rutland County · Essex County

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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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