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Lily Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Chittenden county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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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 10081762
MRDS ID W044091
Record type Site
Current site name Lily Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09392, 44.3206 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 1.0 MILE SE OF HINESBURG, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hinesburg(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

  • OTHER WORKINGS ARE LOCATED BOTH NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN. ALL SITES ARE NE OF ROUTE 116.
  • Location Given Is For the Central Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Winooski Dolomite
    Rock description Winooski Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.09392, 44.3206
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 15 NE

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 G. Munson Hinesburg, Vt

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL QUARRIES ON CLIFF FACES

Comments on development

  • IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE STONE WAS USED FOR. THE QUARRY FACES ARE QUITE WEATHERED SO THE SITE WAS WORKED SOME TIME AGO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.23

  • 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 Present Owner Remembers An Assay Done In Montreal Showing "High" Cu Content. Site Was Originally Opened For The

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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