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Beedles Prospect

Past Producer in Orange 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081648
MRDS ID W033915
Record type Site
Current site name Beedles Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6637, 43.90669 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Relative position 1.45 MILES SOUTH OF ROUTE 12 AND 12A JUNCTION, RANDOLPH, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Randolph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orange

Comments on the location information

  • WALK DUE WEST FOR 200 FEET MIDWAY BETWEEN POLES 106 AND 107 OF THE POWERLINE WHICH CROSSES THE ROAD LEADING TO SKI AREA SHOWN ON MAP.
  • The Leach Quarry Is 0.3 Miles North Northeast of the Location Given. Dale (1909) Accurately Describes These Quarries But Has Their Respective Locations Reversed On His Map.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS A MONUMENTAL GRANITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6637, 43.90669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 10NE
    Length 70.1M
    Width 42.67M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kenneth Webster
    Home office Randolph, Vt 05060

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.044HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA OF WORKINGS INCLUDES TWO PITS. THE LARGEST IS 30 FEET WIDE, 60 FEET LONG AND 15 FEET DEEP. THE SMALLER PIT TO THE SOUTH IS 20 FEETLONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.36.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 404, PP. 43-44, 81.

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H. JR., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VT: VGS BULLETIN NO.21, P.91.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN NO. 738, PP.118-119.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.

  • Deposit

    Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.Ern, E.H. Jr., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Randolph Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 21, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS ORIENTATION OF THE SHEETING SEEN IN THE OPENINGS.

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

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