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Taran Slate Co. Quarry

Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Slate, 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081698
MRDS ID W044006
Record type Site
Current site name Taran Slate Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.23535, 43.5708 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position All Quarries Are Within 1000 Feet Of The Location Given.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poultney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(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

  • 1.55 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF BLISSVILLE, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name St. Catherine Formation
    Rock description St. Catherine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.23535, 43.5708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 7 E
    Dip 25 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermont / New York Slate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Taran Slate Co. Poultney, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.417HA
    Overall length 396.24M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SOUTHERNMOST QUARRY IN THIS GROUP HAS A DIVIDED OWNERSHIP. ANDRUSHKO SLATE CO. OPERATES THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THIS QUARRY.

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., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, PP. 89-111.

  • Deposit

    FOWLER, P., 1950, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE CASTLETON AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 2, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-85 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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