Lacasse Granite Quarries

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081803
MRDS ID W044168
Record type Site
Current site name Lacasse Granite Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.16888, 44.92389 (WGS84)
Elevation 297
Relative position 1.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH BAY BRIDGE, NEWPORT, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport(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

  • BOTH QUARRIES ARE JUST EAST OF I-89 AND ARE ACCESSED BY DIRT ROADS OFF THE MAIN ROAD.
  • Quarries Are 1000 Ft. South and 1500 Ft. North of Location Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BUILDING AND MONUMENTS. LATER USED FOR RIP-RAP (1970'S).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.16888, 44.92389

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1975

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lacasse Granite Co., A. C.
    Home office Newport, Vt
  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Vermont For Rip Rap
    Home office Vermont
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Suchler/Charles Hitchcock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.533HA
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE GIVEN IS FOR THE SOUTHERNMOST QUARRY. THE NORTHERN SITE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PITS OVER A 400 FEET SQUARE AREA.

Comments on development

  • THE SOUTHERNMOST OF THE TWO QUARRIES WAS REOPENED FOR I-89 CONSTRUCTION AS A SOURCE OF RIP RAP. SOME COUNTRY ROCK WAS QUARRIED ALSO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MEMPHREMAGOG QUADRANGLE AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE TRASBURG QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: UGS BULLETIN NO. 3.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRIES ARE IN THE SALEM POND 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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