Gosselin Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081853
MRDS ID W044237
Record type Site
Current site name Gosselin Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59544, 43.29427 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 2.0 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHESTER VILLAGE, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • RICHARDSON (1928) SHOWS THE GRANITE OUTCROPING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TREBA ROAD.
  • +/-300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE

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 Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Mt Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt Holly Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.59544, 43.29427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHISM HAS ALTERED THE GRANITE'S MINEROLOGY BUT HAS NOT DEVELOPED GNEISSIC TEXTURES.
  • Metamorphism Has Altered the Granite'S Mineralogy But Has Not Developed Gneissic Textures.
  • Biotite-Muscovite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gosselin Granite Co., Chester, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • RICHARDSON (1928) PICTURES AN OPENING 50 TO 75 FEET SQUARE AND 10 TO 20 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 13.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1928, GEOLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF CAVENDISH, READING AND CHESTER, VT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 16TH REPORT (1927-1928), PP. 233-234.

  • 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

    Richardson, C.H., 1928, Geology And Petrography Of Cavendish, Reading And Chester, Vermont: 16th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928), Pp. 233-234.Richardson, C.H., 1928, Geology And Petrography Of Cavendish, Reading And Chester, Vermont: 16th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928), Pp. 233-234.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Traverse Due East Across North End of Swamp From East Road 0.2 Miles South of Crow Hill Road Turnoff.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor UPDATED LOCATION BASED ON RATCLIFFE, 1995.
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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