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Pond Quarry

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081739
MRDS ID W044064
Record type Site
Current site name Pond Quarry
Alternate or previous names Vermont Soapstone Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.53592, 43.37279 (WGS84)
Elevation 315
Relative position 1.0 MILE WEST OF PERKINSVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black 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

Comments on the location information

  • TURN WEST ON QUARRY RD. FROM RT. 106 IN PERKINSVILLE. QUARRY IS SOUTH OF ROAD AT THE TOP OF A STEEP GRADE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Magnesite Gangue
Actinolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Mount Holly Complex
    Rock description Mount Holly Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.53592, 43.37279
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFICS FORM POD-SHAPED DEPOSITS WITHIN THE MOUNT HOLLY COMPLEX.
  • The Ultramafics Form Pod-Shaped Deposits Within the Mount Holly Complex.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1851
Year of last production 1910

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Hicks Perkinsville, Vt (Vermont Soapstone Co.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Hicks Perkinsville, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, VOL. II: (CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH) P. 787.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 49.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL AND PEAT. USGS MAP, MR-5.

  • Deposit

    Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.

  • 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

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-APR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor LOCATION FOR PERKINSVILLE TALC QUARRY DESCRIBED BY LANCE MEADE IS SAME AS POND QUARRY
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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