Jones Brothers Quarry

Past Producer in Orange county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. 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 10081720
MRDS ID W044041
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Brothers Quarry
Alternate or previous names Includes Becket, Pratt and Walker Quarry See General Comments.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.4828, 44.1392 (WGS84)
Elevation 457

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barre East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orange

Comments on the location information

  • THE BECKET, PRATT AND WALKER QUARRY IS 1000 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN.
  • Location Given Is For the Jones Bros. Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

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 > Schist
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation;Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation;Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.4828, 44.1392

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
Year of first production 1886
Year of last production 1950

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wells Lamson Granite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wells-Lamson Granite Co.
    Home office Websterville, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 15.771HA
    Overall length 2743.2M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FEET TO WATER LEVEL. DEPTH OF QUARRY BELOW THIS IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P.4.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NO. 104, PP. 85-87.

  • Deposit

    MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, PP 79-95, PLATE.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN NO. 738, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED QUARRY SURVEY MAP: ROCK OF AGES; BARRE, VT.

  • 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

    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.

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Quarry Survey Map: Rock Of Ages; Barre , Vt.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE JONES BROS. PROPERTY BEGINS AT THE WILLIAMSTOWN-BARRE TOWNLINE IN WILLIAMSTOWN. A BOUTWELL, MILNE AND VARNUN PROPERTY SOUTH OF THE LINE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE JONES BROS. QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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