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Unnamed Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10089833
MRDS ID W033938
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09282, 44.9689 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 1.0 MILE SOUTHEAST OF HIGHGATE SPRINGS, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highgate Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Analytical data

Result AFTER BURNING THE LIME ASSAYED 95 TO 99 PERCENT CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation
    Rock description Shelburne Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.09282, 44.9689
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 25 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. L.H. Felton
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1935

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Missisquoi Lime Works, Inc.
    Home office Highgate Center, Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W. Whitcomb Construction Corp.
    Home office Winooski, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.789HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • HIGHWALLS ARE 30-40 FEET HIGH. THE RUINS OF THE OLD KILNS ARE 1200 FEET DUE WEST OF THE QUARRY.

Comments on development

  • IN 1918 THE MISSISQUOI LIME WORKS INC. PRODUCED 12,000 TONS OF LIME IN THEIR KILNS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1918, THE LIME INDUSTRY M VERMONT: DEPT. OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 11TH REPORT (1917-1918), P. 159

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Annual Report, State Geologist Of Vermont (1917-1918).Jacobs, E.C., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Annual Report, State Geologist Of Vermont (1917-1918).

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

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