Slate Products Inc.

Producer in Rutland 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089863
MRDS ID W044012
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Products Inc.
Alternate or previous names Quarry Slate Industries Qsi, Hill and Hanna Hah

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.22843, 43.4836 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 0.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH POULTNEY, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wells(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER QUARRIES ARE LOCATED 1800 FEET SOUTH AND 1500 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN. THE SOUTHEAST SITE WAS ONCE THE NY CONSOLIDATED QUARRY.
  • Location For the Active Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name St. Catherine Formation
    Rock description St. Catherine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.22843, 43.4836

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5
    Dip 40 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermont/New York Slate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Slate Products Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Slate Products Inc.
    Home office Middle Granville, NY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 14.019HA
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL MAJOR OPENINGS LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA GIVEN ABOVE.

Comments on development

  • SLATE PRODUCTS MAY NOT OWN THE SOUTHERNMOST QUARRIES IN THIS GROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, PP 89-111.

  • Deposit

    SCHUMAKER, R. AND THOMPSON, J. JR., 1967 BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 30, PP 14-22, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 36

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR MAP OF QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924).

  • 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

    Dale, T.N., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 275, 220 P.Dale, T.N., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 275, 220 P.

  • Deposit

    Schumaker, R. And Thompson, J.Jr., 1967, The Bedrock Geology Of The Pawlet Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 30, Pp 14-22.Schumaker, R. And Thompson, J.Jr., 1967, The Bedrock Geology Of The Pawlet Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 30, Pp 14-22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR THE SLATY CLEAVAGE.

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
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor PROVIDED OWNERSHIP BASED ON State of Vermont Act 30 files; REMOVED EASTERNMOST 2 SMALL QUARRIES TO NEW RECORD (MATOT QUARRIES) BASED ON ACT 30 REGISTRATION

Beyond USGS

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