Granite Hill Quarries

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081637
MRDS ID W033902
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Hill Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.89392, 43.4761 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1.05 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTTINGSVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallingford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE (1964) GIVE LOCATIONS FOR 2 MORE QUARRIES ON HATEFUL HILL, 0.25 MILES SE OF THE ABOVE LOCATION. THESE WERE NOT LOCATED.
  • Location Given Is For the Northern Most Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name White Mountain Plutonic-Volcanic Series
    Rock description White Mountain Plutonic-Volcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt Holly Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.89392, 43.4761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.049HA
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY HAS A 40 FOOT HIGHWALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 47.

  • Deposit

    EAGLESTON, J., 1918, THE ERUPTIVE ROCKS AT CUTTINGSVILLE, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 11TH REPORT (1917-1918), PP. 178-181

  • Deposit

    Eggleston, J.W., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P.167-193.Eggleston, J.W., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P.167-193.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.

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-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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