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Unnamed Slate Quarry

Past Producer in Windham 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 10081687
MRDS ID W033981
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Slate Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.51891, 43 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position FROM 1 TO 3 MILES NORTH OF PUTNEY, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAXTONS RIVER (1957) 1:625000
  • Quarry Was On the West Slope of Bear Hill.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR FLAGGING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore
Phyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Littleton Formation
    Rock description Littleton Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.51891, 43
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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 Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1932, THE AERIAL AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF PUTNEY, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), P. 353

  • Deposit

    HEPBURN, J.C., TRASK, N.J., ROSENFELD, J.L. AND THOMPSON, J.B. JR., 1984, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE BRATTLEBORO QUADRANGLE, VT-NH: VGS BULLETIN NO. 32.

  • Deposit

    Richardson, C.H., 1932, The Aerial And Structural Geology Of Putney, Vermont: 18th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1931-1932), P. 353.Richardson, C.H., 1932, The Aerial And Structural Geology Of Putney, Vermont: 18th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1931-1932), P. 353.

  • Deposit

    Hepburn, J.C., Trask, N.J., Rosenfeld, J.L., And Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1984, Bedrock Geology Of The Brattleboro Quadrangle, Vermont-New Hampshire: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 32.Hepburn, J.C., Trask, N.J., Rosenfeld, J.L., And Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1984, Bedrock Geology Of The Brattleboro Quadrangle, Vermont-New Hampshire: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 32.

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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