A soapstone mine, then later a grit talc mine. Located 2½ miles West of Chester. Started about 1894 by the Vermont Mineral Products Co., Inc. Ultramafic tectonic deposit in Reading gneiss. Workings featured an oval pit 250 feet by 150 feet and about 200 feet deep. [NOTE: This mine no longer exists. The dumps were landscaped and a house built on the site. The mine hole itself is a pond in the back yard...]
References:
Rocks & Minerals 15:369-371
Nicolay & Stone (1967): Rocks & Minerals: A Guide For Collectors of the Eastern US, p.181.
Clements, Robert and Robinson, Douglas (1996): The Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont (Rocks & Minerals 71:231)
Gait, Robert and Veblen, David (1996): Chesterite, Jimthompsonite, and Clinojimthompsonite from the Type Locality: Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont (Rocks & Minerals 71:275)
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Map Reference: 43°15'N , 72°40'W
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