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Wolford Red Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Addison 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081763
MRDS ID W044092
Record type Site
Current site name Wolford Red Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.15123, 44.2325 (WGS84)
Elevation 163
Relative position 0.45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONKTON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vergennes East(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 Addison

Comments on the location information

  • OLD PITS ARE LOCATED BEHIND WILLIAM FUCCI'S HOME; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1972 EDITION

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 Donham Formation
    Rock description Donham Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.15123, 44.2325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5E
    Dip 75E

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 Owner
    Owner Fucci, William
    Home office Monkton, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS. NONE OF THE PITS ARE LARGER THAN 100 SQUARE FEET AND LESS THAN 5 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.28

  • 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
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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