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Corona Quarries

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 10081843
MRDS ID W044221
Record type Site
Current site name Corona Quarries
Alternate or previous names Includes Corona North, Corona Middle and Corona South Austin.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09452, 43.7875 (WGS84)
Elevation 114
Relative position 0.75 TO 0.85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BENCHMARK IN BRANDON VILLAGE, VT.

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

  • QUARRIES FORM A NORTHERLY TREND 0.15 MILES LONG. THE MIDDLE QUARRYIS SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO THE SOUTH THAN THE NORTH CORONA QUARRY.
  • Location Given Is For the Centrally Located Corona Middle Q.

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) Danby Formation
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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
Year of first production 1866
Year of last production 1890

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 0.57HA
    Overall length 198.12M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPENINGS WERE MADE AND THERE TOTAL AERIAL EXTENT IS GIVEN ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 8.

  • 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.

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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