Stratton Quarry

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089878
MRDS ID W044125
Record type Site
Current site name Stratton Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.89393, 43.00811 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST WARDSBORO, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stratton Mountain(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)

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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE (1961) SHOW ANOTHER QUARRY 0.9 MILES WEST OF THE STRATTON QUARRY. DALE (1914) DOES NOT MENTION ANOTHER
  • Location Given By Morrill and Chaffee (1961).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS BURNED LOCALLY FOR LIME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cavendish Formation
    Rock description Cavendish Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dalton Formation - conglomerate member

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55E
    Dip 50SE
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1915

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES ARE LISTED

Comments on development

  • ROASTED THE ORE IN KILNS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE SLOPE NEAR THE QUARRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1915, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NO. 589, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 44.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 255-257

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

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

Beyond USGS

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