United States Gypsum Company Marble Quarry

Producer in Berkshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069165
MRDS ID W002607
Record type Site
Current site name United States Gypsum Company Marble Quarry
Related records 10146608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.19731, 42.54998 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berkshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cheshire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Berkshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone To Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Shelburne Marble
    Rock description Shelburne Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.19731, 42.54998

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Berkshire

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERZ, NORMAN, 1958, "BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF CHESHIRE QUAD.", USGS GQ 108 QUARRY LOC. AND SHORT SENTENCE 1:31,680

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.