Flint and Johnson Quarries

Past Producer in Rutland 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 10081822
MRDS ID W044197
Record type Site
Current site name Flint and Johnson Quarries
Alternate or previous names Site Includes Flint and Johnson 1 and 2, Continental and A Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.03343, 43.6311 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Relative position 1.85 TO 2.1 MILES S OF THE BRIDGE IN PROCTOR VILLAGE, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Proctor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • THE CONTINENTAL AND FLINT AND JOHNSON 1 ARE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY N AND S OF THE FLINT AND JOHNSON 2 RESPECTIVELY. THE PROSPECT IS 0.15 MILES N OF THE CONTINENTAL.
  • Location Given Is For the Centrally Located Flint & Johnson #2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

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, Columbian Member
    Rock description Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.03343, 43.6311

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: FORD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1950

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.789HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPENINGS OCCUPY THE SURFACE AREA SHOWN ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH.), P. 36.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO., PROCTOR, VT.

  • 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

    Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor , Vt.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROSPECT IS REFERRED TO AS THE HANNIBAL-REYNOLDS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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

Beyond USGS

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