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Past Producer in Essex county in Vermont, United States with commodity 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081787
MRDS ID W044138
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.70507, 44.77279 (WGS84)
Elevation 344
Relative position 3.85 MILES W,NW FROM BLOOMFIELD, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Essex

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS WEST OF THE NULHEGAN RIVER, 700 FEET DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD OVERPASS JUST SOUTH OF BENCHMARK 1117.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS BUILDING STONE FOR RAILROAD BRIDGE ABUTMENTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.70507, 44.77279

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartz Monzonite

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 Operator
    Owner Canadian National Railroad
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richards, Nolan
    Home office Brunswick, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.065HA
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY IS AT LEAST 30 FEET DEEP. IT IS WATERFILLED. 8 FEET OF HIGHWALL ARE EXPOSED ABOVE WATER LINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MYERS, P. B. JR., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE VERMONT PORTION OF THE AVERILL QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 27, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, BRUCE K., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE ISLAND POND AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 20, P. 107.

  • Deposit

    Goodwin, B.K., 1963, Geology Of The Island Pond Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 20, P. 107.Goodwin, B.K., 1963, Geology Of The Island Pond Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 20, P. 107.

  • Deposit

    Meyers, P.B., 1964, Geology Of The Vermont Portion Of The Averill Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 27.Meyers, P.B., 1964, Geology Of The Vermont Portion Of The Averill Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY IS IN THE NULHEGAN PLUTON

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

Beyond USGS

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