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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 Marble Prospect (Occurrence)Jocelyn's Talc Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Ultramafic Occurrences (Occurrence)Unnamed Iron Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed Talc Prospects (Occurrence)Winooski River Drainage Placer Deposits (Producer)Waterbury-Barnes Hill Talc Prospect (Occurrence)Waterbury Talc Mine (Past Producer)Waterbury-Barnes Hill Talc Prospect (Occurrence)Garand-Teed Quarry and Mill + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Websterville Quarry and Mill + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Rock of Ages Corporation Quarry + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Wilbur Quarry (Past Producer)Woodbury Fletcher Quarry (Producer)Woodbury Quarry + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
15 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 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

Winooski River Drainage Placer Deposits

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Garnet, Gold) and 3 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as producer for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Garnet, Gold, Magnetite. Approx. location 44.317, -72.750. 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?

11
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

6
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

6
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

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

Granite 4Steatite 4Talc 3Gold 1Chalcopyrite 1Dolomite 1Marble 1Calcite 1Magnetite 1

Commodities

Granite 13Talc-Soapstone 5Copper 2Gold 1Marble 1Dimension 1Iron 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Waterbury-Barnes Hill Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneChalcopyrite, SteatiteOccurrence44.402, -72.691
Unnamed Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionDolomite, Marble, CalciteOccurrence44.163, -72.861
Winooski River Drainage Placer DepositsGoldGoldProducer44.317, -72.750
Woodbury QuarryGraniteGranitePast Producer44.434, -72.380
Garand-Teed Quarry and MillGraniteGranitePast Producer44.339, -72.502
Websterville Quarry and MillGraniteGranitePast Producer44.162, -72.472
Rock of Ages Corporation QuarryGraniteGranitePast Producer44.151, -72.485
Unnamed Iron MineIronMagnetitePast Producer44.144, -72.791
Jocelyn's Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneSteatiteOccurrence44.194, -72.810
Unnamed Talc ProspectsTalc-SoapstoneSteatite, TalcOccurrence44.349, -72.745
Unnamed Ultramafic OccurrencesTalc-SoapstoneSteatite, TalcOccurrence44.277, -72.789
Waterbury Talc MineTalc-SoapstoneTalcPast Producer44.315, -72.726
Waterbury-Barnes Hill Talc ProspectCopper—Occurrence44.410, -72.712
Copper Mine, UnnamedCopper—Past Producer44.414, -72.656
Wilbur QuarryGranite—Past Producer44.172, -72.456
Pirie-Adam QuarryGranite—Producer44.142, -72.481
Garand-Teed Quarry and MillGranite—Past Producer44.339, -72.502
Woodbury Fletcher QuarryGranite—Producer44.457, -72.412
Smith E L QuarryGranite—Producer44.149, -72.473
Websterville Quarry and MillGranite—Past Producer44.162, -72.472
Rock of Ages Dark SideGranite—Producer44.143, -72.480
Woodbury QuarryGranite—Past Producer44.434, -72.380
Wetmore & Morse QuarryGranite—Producer44.153, -72.472

Nearby counties

Orange County · Lamoille County · Addison County · Chittenden 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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