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Past Producer in Orleans county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081622
MRDS ID W033881
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.32369, 44.6122 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position 2.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caspian Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orleans

Comments on the location information

  • THE QUARRY IS SOUTHWEST OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ROAD PASSES THROUGH ASADDLE IN THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Phyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation, Barton River Member
    Rock description Waits River Formation, Barton River Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.32369, 44.6122

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • STONE WAS USED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR ROOFING SLATE AND DID NOT SPLIT WELL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1914, THE TERRAINS OF GREENSBORO, VT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 287-288.

  • Deposit

    KONIG, R.H. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE HARDWICK AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 24, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Richardson, C.H., 1914, 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Richardson, C.H., 1914, 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • Deposit

    Konig, R.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Hardwick Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 24.Konig, R.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Hardwick Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 24.

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

Beyond USGS

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