1. Mineral Collecting in Vermont
Finding the accessible locations and other tips
Barry Doolan, Chair, UVM Geology Dept.

2. Mineral Occurences in Vermont
Hydrothermal deposits
Metamorphic minerals in metamorphosed pelitic and basaltic rocks
Sedimentary rocks (veins and fractures)
Igneous minerals (ultramafics, gabbros to granites)
Placer deposits (gold, magnetite, garnet)

3. Hydrothermal Deposits
Kaolin Deposits - East Monkton, Fig 5
Parrot Jasper Mine - Colchester, Fig 9
Manganese Prospect - Richford, Fig 11
Hematite (specular), rhodinite, pyrolusite, calcite
Bakersfield Pyrite Location - Fig 13

4. Metamorphic Minerals Route 9 roadcut 6 mi. east of Bennington, Fig 8
Blue quartz, garnet hornblende
Essex County, Bloomfield – Fig 16
Andalusite (includes var. chiastolite)
Gassetts Road Cut - Fig 60
Rt. 103/Williams River
garnet, staurolite, muscovite, chlorite
Kingsman Brook, Tyson – Fig 61
chloritoid, garnet, magnetite

5. Concretions Pyrite concretions
West end of Sand Bar Bridge, south side of Rt. 2
Fig 20

6. Veins and Cavities Huntley Quarry Leicester Junction – Fig 6
Calcite and tremolite (var. mountain leather)
North end of South Hero – Rt 2; Fig 19
Quartz, calcite crystals, pyrite concretions
Dorset Mountain Quarry – Fig 41
Calcite and trmolite (var. mountain leather)
Devil’s Den, Mount Tabor – Fig 42
Smoky and clear quartz, ilmenite, pyrite

7. Calc-silicate Deposits
Route 155, Wallingford, Marble of the Mt. Holly Complex
tourmaline, actinolite, pink calcite, epidote, diopside
Southeast of Whitingham, Windham County – Fig 21, loc 1, 2
muscovite, rutile, tourmaline, pyrite, graphite, calcite, phlogopite, diopside, hematite, garnet
Routes area
talc, calcite, diopside, pyrite, tourmaline

8. Ultramafic Rocks Eden Mills Asbestos Mine
Carleton Talc Mine, Chester – Fig 57
Actinolite, talc, chlorite, magnetite, pyrite, tourmaline
Johnson Talc Mine (access?) – Fig 25
Gervsdorfite (NiAsS) ??

9. Granite, Pegmatites
Road Cuts on east side of Lake Willougby – Rt 5A, Fig 32
Quartz, microcline, plagioclase, garnet, biotite, muscovite, pyrite
Adjacent schists: garnet and idocrase; also diopside, sphene and hornblende
Craftsbury Granite – Fig 34
Biotite orbicules

10. Figures and Illustrations
Source
Grant, Raymond W. Mineral Collecting in Vermont. Special Publication No. 2, Vermont Geological Survey,1968.