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Cutler Slate Quarry

Past Producer in Washington 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081627
MRDS ID W033887
Record type Site
Current site name Cutler Slate Quarry
Alternate or previous names Site Includes An Unnamed Slate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.55389, 44.2731 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Relative position 1.55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST MONTPELIER CTR., VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE CUTLER QUARRY. THE SECOND QUARRY IS 0.25MILES TO THE NORTHEAST AS RICHARDSON (1916) DESCRIBES THEM.
  • Locations From Richardson, 1916.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore
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) -72.55389, 44.2731
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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 Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENINGS ARE SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1916, THE GEOLOGY OF CALAIS, EAST MONTPELIER, MONTPELIER AND BERLIN: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 10TH REPORT (1915-1916), PP. 129-130.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    Richardson, C.H., 1916, The Geology Of Calais, East Montpelier, Montpelier, And Berlin: 10th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1915-1916).Richardson, C.H., 1916, The Geology Of Calais, East Montpelier, Montpelier, And Berlin: 10th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1915-1916).

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

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

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