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Roxbury Verde Antique Quarries

Past Producer in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone, Chromium
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081735
MRDS ID W044058
Record type Site
Current site name Roxbury Verde Antique Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.7417, 44.0792 (WGS84)
Elevation 358
Relative position FROM 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST TO 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF ROXBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roxbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALL OTHER QUARRIES ARE LOCATED NORTH OF NUMBER 10 QUARRY.
  • Location Given For Number 10 Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Talc-Soapstone Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Ore
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Stone Formation, Greenstone-Amphibolite Member;Missiguoi Formation
    Rock description Stone Formation, Greenstone-Amphibolite Member;Missiguoi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.7417, 44.0792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
    Strike NS
    Dip STEEPLY WEST

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMATIC PODS OCCUR WITHIN GREENSTONES OF THE STONE FORMATION AT THE CONTACT WITH THE MISSISGUOI FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Pods Occur Within Greenstones of the Stone Formation At the Contact With the Missisquoi Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1848
Discoverer Railroad Crew.
Year of first production 1853
Year of last production 1955

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.
    Home office Proctor, VT

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE ELEVEN QUARRIES IN ALL. THEY VARY IN SIZE GREATLY WITH NUMBER 1 AND 10 PRODUCING THE MOST STONE.

Comments on development

  • BLASTING FOR RAILROAD BED UNCOVERED DEPOSIT. QUARRY NUMBER 10 WAS THE LAST TO BE ACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 39.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., THE TERRANES OF ROXBURY; 11TH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF VERMONT (1917-1918) PP 120-140.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1916, THE TALC AND SERPENTINE DEPOSITS OF VERMONT: 10TH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF VERMONT (1915-1916), PP 232-280.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • 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 MANY PODS OF SERPENTINE FORMING A NORTH-SOUTH TREND 2.5 MILES LONG

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

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