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Unnamed Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Caledonia county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081683
MRDS ID W033971
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.87368, 44.70779 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 2.8 MILES EAST, NORTHEAST OF NEWARK HOLLOW, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seneca Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Passumpsic River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Caledonia

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee (1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT POTASH FELDSPAR GIVE THE STONE A PINKISH COLOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation;Waits River Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation;Waits River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.87368, 44.70779
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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 Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 30.

  • Deposit

    WOODLAND, B.G., 1965, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BURKE QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: UGS BULLETIN NO. 28, PLATE 1.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Woodland, B.G., 1965, The Geology Of The Burke Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 28. 98 P.Woodland, B.G., 1965, The Geology Of The Burke Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 28. 98 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

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