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East Dorset Marble Quarries

Producer in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081783
MRDS ID W044132
Record type Site
Current site name East Dorset Marble Quarries
Alternate or previous names Pitch, Mcguigan, E. Dorset Italien, Folsom, Blue Ledge and Cave Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.03093, 43.23501 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1.15 MILES WEST, SOUTHWEST OF EAST DORSET, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRIES LOCATED IN TWO NE-SW TRENDING BANDS; ONE AT 2100 FEET AND THE SECOND AT APPROXIMATELY 2400 FEET ELEVATION.
  • All Quarries Are Within 1300 Feet of the Point Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation;Bascom Formation
    Rock description Shelburne Formation;Bascom Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.03093, 43.23501
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10-30E
    Dip 10-25E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discoverer Martin Beardsley
Year of first production 1812

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.307HA
    Overall depth 25.91M
    Overall length 106.68M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL QUARRIES HAVE TUNNELS EXTENDING WORKINGS AT THE BASE OF PITS TO AVOID OVERBURDEN REMOVAL.

Comments on development

  • THE CAVE QUARRY WAS FIRST TO OPEN (1812). OTHER OPENING DATES AREBLUE LEDGE IN 1825, FOLSOM IN 1854 AND E. DORSET ITALIEN IN 1878.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST; 9TH REPORT, PP.1-160.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE-MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH.) PP.16-17.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, PHILIP C., 1961, THE GEOLOGY OF THE EQUINOX QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 18, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.

  • 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 Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vermont.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Marble Was Worked and Three Localities, On Both Sides of the Road. The Marble Occurs At the Saddle In the Ridge Between Weston and Tarbellville.

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

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