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Unnamed Limestone Quarries and Kiln

Past Producer in Chittenden county in Vermont, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10081746
MRDS ID W044072
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limestone Quarries and Kiln
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.16263, 44.4908 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Relative position 1.2 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 2,7 AND 15.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burlington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(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 Chittenden

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRIES ARE JUST NORTH OF THE WINOOSKI GORGE. A THIRD AND SMALLER QUARRY IS 0.3 MILES TO THE SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
  • Quarries Are East and West of Road

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE LIMESTONE WAS USED FOR AG. LIME, BUILDING STONE AND CHEMICAL LIME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation;Cutting Dolomite
    Rock description Shelburne Formation;Cutting Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.16263, 44.4908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5E
    Dip 30 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1829
Year of last production 1950

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Champlain Valley Lime Co.
    Home office Winooski, Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Greenmont Lumber Co. Underhill, Vt. Steven Unsworth Burlington, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.453HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY HAS AN 80 FOOT HIGHWALL AND IS THEN FILLED WITH WATER. TOTAL DEPTH UNKNOWN. QUARRY AND KILNS EAST OF ROAD COVER AN AREA 1000 BY 300 FOR AN AREA OF 300000 SQUARE FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1918, THE LIME INDUSTRY IN VERMONT; ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST. (1917-1918), PP 161-162.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1940, VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 22ND REPORT (1939-1940), PP. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1940, 22nd Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1939-1940).Jacobs, E.C., 1940, 22nd Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1939-1940).

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918.Perkins, G.H., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918.

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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