Pine Hill Quarry

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Dolomite
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081740
MRDS ID W044065
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Hill Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.50216, 43.37398 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 0.55 MILES EAST 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)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE STROUGHTON POND DAM ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DOLOMITE WAS BURNED FOR LIME LOCALLY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Garnet Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.50216, 43.37398

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS OR STRATIBOUND BLANKET
    Strike N17W
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MARBLE FORMS DISCONTINUOUS LENSES AND, AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE CHESTER DOME, EXTENSIVE HORIZONS IN THE MT. HOLLY COMPLEX.
  • The Marble Forms Discontinuous Lenses And, At the Northern End of the Chester Dome, Extensive Horizons In the Mt. Holly Complex.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Vermont

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.35HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS A 40' HIGHWALL FORMING THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE QUARRY.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY QUARRIED FOR MARBLE BY REOPENED AND EXPANDED FOR RIPRAPDURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE STROUGHTON POND DAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1915, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT. USGS BULLETIN 589, P. 34.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C. ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • 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.

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 MOVED LOCATION W SLIGHTLY TO FORMATION MAPPED AS MARBLE/CALC-SILICATE ROCK BY RATCLIFFE; ADDED ORE MATERIAL.
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.