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Unnamed Rip Rap Quarry

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081621
MRDS ID W033880
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rip Rap Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.53281, 42.9114 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Relative position 2.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUMMERSTON CENTER, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Partridge Formation
    Rock description Partridge Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.53281, 42.9114
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1959
Year of last production 1961

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pereny Construction Boston, Ma
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Carpenter Dummerston, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.876HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • STONE WAS CRUSHED AND USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF I-91.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEPBURN, J.C., TRASK, N.J., ROSENFELD, J.L., THOMPSON, J.B. JR., 1984, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE BRATTLEBORO QUADRANGLE, VT-NH: VGS BULLETIN NO. 32, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, R., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, DUMMERSTON, VT.

  • Deposit

    Hepburn, J.C., Trask, N.J., Rosenfeld, J.L., And Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1984, Bedrock Geology Of The Brattleboro Quadrangle, Vermont-New Hampshire: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 32.Hepburn, J.C., Trask, N.J., Rosenfeld, J.L., And Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1984, Bedrock Geology Of The Brattleboro Quadrangle, Vermont-New Hampshire: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 32.

  • Deposit

    Carpenter, R., 1985, Personal Communication, Dummerston, Vermont.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADDED "RIP RAP QUARRY" TO "UNNAMED"

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