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Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA i
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Pike Hill Mines Group of Mines
Corinth Town
Orange County County
Vermont State
USA Country

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Pike Hill Mines	Group of Mines
Corinth	Town
Orange County	County
Vermont	State
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Copper Mine

Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA

Copper Mine on Pike Hill (ca. 1910)

Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA

Copper Mine

Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA

Copper Mine on Pike Hill (ca. 1910)

Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA

Copper Mine

Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA

Copper Mine on Pike Hill (ca. 1910)

Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

44° 3' 33'' North , 72° 18' 24'' West

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

G#: druddsexn

Type:

Group of Mines

Köppen climate type:

Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate

Nearest Settlements:

Place	Population	Distance
Washington	1,035 (2017)	11.3km
Chelsea	1,242 (2017)	13.6km
East Barre	826 (2017)	15.9km
Bradford	788 (2017)	16.0km
Websterville	550 (2017)	17.2km

Mindat Locality ID:

64323

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:64323:3

GUID (UUID V4):

Copper Mines opened pre-1850. Large scale production began in 1866. Ore is chalcopyrite both in pure masses and disseminated in pyrrhotite.

Richardson (1897) commented on limburgite at this locality: "During the summer of 1896, while engaged in field work in stratigraphical geology, I encountered many dikes of [limburgite] diabase rich in olivine, and others of the same microscopical appearance as the typical camptonite in the Pemigewassett Valley, N. H.
By diligent investigation it was my good fortune last August to discover in the locality of these ramifying dikes and the famous Corinth copper mines an extraordinary dike of limburgite, from 6 to 10 feet in width, and penetrating the calciferous mica schist toward the west for more than half a mile. This limburgite bears individual crystals of olivine two to three inches in length and one to two inches in breadth. A single specimen has been placed in the museum of Dartmouth Some of the smaller crystals by the oxidation of the iron have become converted into limonite or hematite; others have gove over into serpentine, while a bit of calcite derived from the contiguous orthorhombic pyroxene or the basic plagioclase feldspar is occasionally seen in the cavities once filled by the original olivine crystals.
As the locality is to the northward in the exact direction of the moving ice [of Pleistocene ice sheets], and at a distance of only about twenty miles from the famous Thetford boulders, it seems evident that Corinth, Vt, was their original habitat."

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ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Almandine

Formula: Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

ⓘ Augite

Formula: (Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆

Description: In limburgite. Lucarini, Carl, 1938, Mineral Localities in Vermont, Report of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, v. 40, p. 83-90.

References:

Perkins, George H., 1902, Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas of Vermont,J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY, p. 93-94.

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS₂

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

ⓘ Enstatite

Formula: Mg₂Si₂O₆

Description: In limburgite. Lucarini, Carl, 1938, Mineral Localities in Vermont, Report of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, v. 40, p. 83-90

References:

Perkins, George H., 1902, Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas of Vermont,J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY, p. 93-94.

✪ Forsterite

Formula: Mg₂SiO₄

Description: In limburgite. Lucarini, Carl, 1938, Mineral Localities in Vermont, Report of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, v. 40, p. 83-90

References:

Perkins, George H., 1902, Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas of Vermont,J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY, p. 93-94.

ⓘ Kyanite

Formula: Al₂(SiO₄)O

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe_1-xS

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

Description: In limburgite. Lucarini, Carl, 1938, Mineral Localities in Vermont, Report of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, v. 40, p. 83-90

References:

Perkins, George H., 1902, Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas of Vermont,J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY, p. 93-94.

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z

References:

Rocks & Min 71:330

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Chalcopyrite	2.CB.10a	CuFeS₂
ⓘ	Pyrrhotite	2.CC.10	Fe_1-xS
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Forsterite	9.AC.05	Mg₂SiO₄
ⓘ	Almandine	9.AD.25	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
ⓘ	Kyanite	9.AF.15	Al₂(SiO₄)O
ⓘ	Enstatite	9.DA.05	Mg₂Si₂O₆
ⓘ	Augite	9.DA.15	(Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Limonite'	-
ⓘ	'Tourmaline'	-	AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
ⓘ	'Serpentine Subgroup'	-	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
B	Boron
B	ⓘ Tourmaline	AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Augite	(Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Almandine	Fe₃²⁺Al₂(SiO₄)₃
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Enstatite	Mg₂Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Forsterite	Mg₂SiO₄
O	ⓘ Kyanite	Al₂(SiO₄)O
O	ⓘ Tourmaline	AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
O	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Augite	(Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Enstatite	Mg₂Si₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Forsterite	Mg₂SiO₄
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Almandine	Fe₃²⁺Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Al	ⓘ Kyanite	Al₂(SiO₄)O
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Augite	(Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Almandine	Fe₃²⁺Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Si	ⓘ Enstatite	Mg₂Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Forsterite	Mg₂SiO₄
Si	ⓘ Kyanite	Al₂(SiO₄)O
Si	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Pyrrhotite	Fe_1-xS
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Augite	(Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Augite	(Ca_xMg_yFe_z)(Mg_y1Fe_z1)Si₂O₆
Fe	ⓘ Almandine	Fe₃²⁺Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Fe	ⓘ Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Pyrrhotite	Fe_1-xS
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂

Localities in this Region

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Vermont
- Orange County
  - Corinth
    - Pike Hill Mines

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References

Perkins, George H., 1902, Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas of Vermont,J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY, p. 93-94.

Lucarini, Carl (1938): Mineral Localities in Vermont. Report of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, 40, 83-90.

Richardson, C. H. (1897). Source of the Famous Thetford Limburgite (Science Vol. 6, pp. 632-633.

Jacobs, E. C. (1916): Copper Mining in Vermont; in Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Vermont, pp. 197-199.

Weed, Walter H. (1920): Mines Register, vol. 14, p. 1420.

Murthy, V.R. (1957), Bedrock Geology of the East Barre Area, Vermont, Vermont Geological Survey, Bulletin 10.

Piatak, Nadine M., Hammarstrom, Jane M., Seal II, Robert. R. (2006) GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MINE WASTE FROM THE PIKE HILL SUPERFUND SITE IN VERMONT, USA. Journal American Society of Mining and Reclamation, 2006 (2). 1583-1602 doi:10.21000/jasmr06021583

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Pike Hill Mines, Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, USA i
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