Elizabeth

United States· VermontUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
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Overview

Four massive lenses, average 7 m thick, maximum 20 m thick. Production 2.9 million t @ 1.8% Cu, 0.5% Zn, 5.4 g/t Ag, 0.34 g/t Au.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Pelite-mafic in mature oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1830

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS