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Rich Quarry

Past Producer in Franklin 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 10089838
MRDS ID W033951
Record type Site
Current site name Rich Quarry
Alternate or previous names Vt Marble Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.13172, 44.78059 (WGS84)
Elevation 79
Relative position 1.9 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ST. ALBANS BAY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Albans Bay(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
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Dolomite
    Rock description Dunham Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.13172, 44.78059
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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 Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. Proctor, Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lucian Demers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 26.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED FILE: 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-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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