Evansville Whetstone Quarry

Past Producer in Orleans county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081802
MRDS ID W044167
Record type Site
Current site name Evansville Whetstone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Evansville Phyllite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.07258, 44.79809 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Relative position 2.0 MILES NORTH, NORTHWEST OF WESTMORE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orleans

Comments on the location information

  • 0.95 MILES NORTH OF LAKE WILLOUGHBY, A DIRT ROAD TURNS EAST AND LEADS TO A POINT JUST WEST OF THE QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRIED FOR WHETSTONES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Phyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation (Westmore Formation Of Doll (1951)
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation (Westmore Formation Of Doll (1951)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.07258, 44.79809

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55E
    Dip 15NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1932

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pike Industries
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Dewey Fuller Westmore, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY HAS HIGHWALLS 40 TO 50 FEET HIGH WITH WATER IN THE QUARRY. TOTAL DEPTH IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • WHEN PRESSED CARBORUNDUM WAS INTRODUCED AS A GRINDING STONE, THE QUARRYING OF WHETSTONE WAS NO LONGER ECONOMICAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 10.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MEMPHREMAGOG QUADRANGLE AND A PORTION OF THE IRASBURG QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: UGS BULLETIN NO. 3, PP 33-37, 77, 109.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT, EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL AND PEAT: USGS MAP, MR-5.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1951, Geology Of The Memphremagog Quadrangle And The Southeastern Portion Of The Irasburg Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 3, Pp. 38-41, Plate 1.Doll, C.G., 1951, Geology Of The Memphremagog Quadrangle And The Southeastern Portion Of The Irasburg Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 3, Pp. 38-41, Plate 1.

  • 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

    Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.

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

Beyond USGS

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