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Carlton Quarry (Carleton Talc Mine), Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA

Anthophyllite
Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA

Photo: 2007 Peter Cristofono

Latitude: 43°15'N
Longitude: 72°40'W

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A soapstone quarry, later a grit talc mine. Located 2½ miles West of Chester. Started about 1894 by the Vermont Mineral Products Co., Inc. Operated by the American Soapstone Finish Company ca. 1916 (Jacobs, 1916).

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.

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33 entries listed. 27 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

Rocks & Minerals 15:369-371

Jacobs, E. C. (1916). The Talc and Verde Antique Deposits of Vermont, in Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Vermont 1915-1916 (Burlington, VT), p. 245.

Nicolay & Stone (1967): Rocks & Minerals: A Guide For Collectors of the Eastern US, p.181.

Veblen, David R. and Burnham, Charles W. (1978). New Biopyriboles from Chester Vermont: I. Descriptive Mineralogy (American Mineralogist 63:1000-1009)

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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