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Chromite from
Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:29849
Long-form Identifier:1:3:29849:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘWaterville Talc Mine, Waterville, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘTroy, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘJay, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘLucas Brook locality, Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘBaker Talc mine (Van Reet mine), Bolton-Est, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘWaterbury Talc Mine, Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont, USA
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘMad River Talc Mine, Duxbury, Washington County, Vermont, USA
78.8km (49.0 miles) ⓘOrford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
References
USGS Bull 1122-B
Chidester, A.H., Albee, A.L., and Cady, W.M., (1978). Petrology, structure and genesis of the asbestos-bearing ultramafic rocks of the Belvidere Mountain area in Vermont: U.S. Geologic Survey Professional Paper 1016
Levitan, D. M., Hammarstrom, J. M., Gunter, M. E., Seal, R. R., Chou, I-M., Piatak, N. M. (2009) Mineralogy of mine waste at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine, Belvidere Mountain, Vermont. American Mineralogist, 94 (7) 1063-1066 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3258
 
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