Willards Ledge Quarry

Past Producer in Chittenden county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081747
MRDS ID W044074
Record type Site
Current site name Willards Ledge Quarry
Alternate or previous names Phelps Quarry, Redstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.20563, 44.4606 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROUTE 2 AND INTERSTATE 89 JUNCTION.

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

  • QUARRY IS EAST OF ROAD AT THE END OF QUARRY STREET SO. BURLINGTON, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BUILDING STONE AS WELL AS CRUSHED FOR ROAD METAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Monkton Quartzite
    Rock description Monkton Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.20563, 44.4606

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 10NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hematitic Cement

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner University Of Vermont
    Home office Burlington, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.876HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY HAS A 20 TO 50 FOOT HIGHWALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1908, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY; SIXTH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST (1907-1908), P.257

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1916, THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 10TH REPORT (1915-1916), PP. 223-224.

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1908, Preliminary Report On The Geology Of Chittenden County: 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).Perkins, G.H., 1908, Preliminary Report On The Geology Of Chittenden County: 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1916, The Geology Of Western Vermont: 10th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1915-1916).Perkins, G.H., 1916, The Geology Of Western Vermont: 10th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1915-1916).

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

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