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Unnamed Lime Kiln and Quarries

Past Producer in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089841
MRDS ID W033958
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Lime Kiln and Quarries
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.06313, 43.25811 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 2.8 MILES EAST OF DORSET, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorset(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR A LIME QUARRY AND KILN (MORRILL AND CHAFFEE, 1964). OTHER QUARRIES ARE 0.5 AND 0.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN.
  • Quarries Are Within 0.8 Miles of the Location Given

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WAS BURNED IN A KILN AT THE SITE. MAY HAVE BEEN USED FOR DIMENSIONSTONE.

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 Marble
    Rock description Shelburne Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.06313, 43.25811
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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

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCORDING TO MORRILL AND CHAFFEE (1964) THERE ARE THREE QUARRIES AT THIS SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH) P. 17.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT: (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • 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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