Mower Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Windsor 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 10081732
MRDS ID W044055
Record type Site
Current site name Mower Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.47261, 43.4528 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 1.1 MILE SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windsor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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 Windsor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRADE NAME IS "BRONZE VEIN GREEN" (DALE, 1909).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Syenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.47261, 43.4528

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1906

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ascutney Mountain Granite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mt. Ascutney Ski Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING FACE IS 10 FEET HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINE AND MINERAL LOCALITIES; (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 51.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT; USGS BULLETIN 104, P 117-118.

  • Deposit

    DALY, R.A., 1903, THE GEOLOGY OF ASCUTNEY MOUNTAIN, VERMONT; USGS BULLETIN 209, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    Daly, R.A., 1903, The Geology Of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 209, 122 P.Daly, R.A., 1903, The Geology Of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 209, 122 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 SHEETING IS 8 TO 10 FEET THICK AT THE QUARRY.

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

Beyond USGS

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