Unnamed Lime Quarries

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081779
MRDS ID W044123
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Lime Quarries
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75121, 43.1211 (WGS84)
Elevation 341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamaica(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • THERE IS SEVERAL QUARRIES AND THE REMAINS OF AN OLD KILN.
  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee (1961) and Dale (1914).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS GROUND AND BURNED FOR LIME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cavendish Formation
    Rock description Cavendish Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75121, 43.1211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25-30W
    Dip 45NE
    Thickness 38.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLL ET AL (1961) ARE NOT SURE IF THE CAVENDISH FORMATION IS CAMBRIAN OR PRECAMBRIAN.
  • Doll Et Al (1961) Are Not Sure If the Cavendish Formation Is Cambrian Or Precambrian.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1800

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • THE DOLOMITE WAS BURNED IN KILNS ADJACENT TO THE QUARRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINE AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P 24.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 254-255.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C. G. ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E, ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), P. 556.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • 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.

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-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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