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Kent and Drake Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081830
MRDS ID W044206
Record type Site
Current site name Kent and Drake Quarry
Alternate or previous names Site Includes the Sheldon and Loveland Quarries and the Seldon, Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.06143, 43.70439 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Relative position 1.7 TO 2.0 MILES WEST OF PITTSFORD, 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

  • QUARRIES FORM A NORTH, NORTHWEST TREND 1.7 MILES WEST OF PITTSFORD. THE SHELDON AND LOVELAND ARE 0.35 AND 0.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE KANE AND DRAKE RESP. AND THE SELDON IS 0.4 MILES SOUTH.
  • Location Given Is For the Kane and Drake Quarry

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.06143, 43.70439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.044HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA MEASUREMENT IS FOR THE KANE AND DRAKE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 34.

  • 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.

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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