Landon Quarry

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 10081838
MRDS ID W044215
Record type Site
Current site name Landon Quarry
Alternate or previous names Eureka, Ripley Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.07262, 43.7528 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 3.2 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHEAST OF THE BRANDON, VT BENCHMARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(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

  • TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWS A QUARRY SYMBOL.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.07262, 43.7528

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20-25W
    Dip 80SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. Proctor, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • THE QUARRY WAS OPENED FOR PRODUCTION IN THE 1910'S. PRIOR TO THIS IT WAS REALLY JUST A PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 129-130.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), P. 136.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS; VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1932, Marble Industry Of Vermont: Vermont State Geologists 18th Annual Report (1931-1932), 132 P.Perkins, G.H., 1932, Marble Industry Of Vermont: Vermont State Geologists 18th Annual Report (1931-1932), 132 P.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • 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 80 FEET OF MARBLE WAS DEVELOPED BUT TOTAL THICKNESS OF THE DEPOSIT AT THIS POINT IS PROBABLY GREATER

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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