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Kirby Mountain Granite Quarries

Past Producer in Caledonia county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089880
MRDS ID W044134
Record type Site
Current site name Kirby Mountain Granite Quarries
Alternate or previous names Site Includes the Grout, Kearney Hill and Burke Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.89028, 44.49858 (WGS84)
Elevation 535
Relative position 4.7 MILES NORTH OF CONCORD, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Washington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Passumpsic River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Caledonia

Comments on the location information

  • TAKE NORTHEASTERLY FORK AT THE DONALD WOOD FARM AND THEN TURN NORTHON OLD ROAD AT FIRST BROOK CROSSING. ROAD LEADS TO QUARRIES.
  • Location Given Is Central To the Three Largest Quarries.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.89028, 44.49858
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Year of last production 1945

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Burke Granite Co.; Kearney Hill Quarry Co.; Carlton And Lake, Quarries
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chuck Royce Leverett, Ma

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL QUARRIES WORKED OVER A 0.5 MILE SQUARE AREA. THE LARGEST QUARRIES IS 40 FEET DEEP AND 200 FEET SQUARE. THIS IS THE BURKE QUARRY. THREE PROSPECTS ARE LOCATED 0.4 MILES WEST, NORTH OF ACCESS ROAD.

Comments on development

  • THE GROUT QUARRY, THE MOST NORTHERN, WAS THE FIRST TO OPEN IN 1899. THE OTHERS FOLLOWED IN THE EARLY 1900'S. THE BURKE WAS THE LAST TO OPERATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 25.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP. 29-33.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, DONALD, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIRBY, VT.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1906, AERIAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 5TH REPORT (1905-1906), PP. 105-106.

  • Deposit

    Richardson, C.H., 1906, Aereal And Economic Geology Of Northeastern Vermont: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1905-1906), P. 97-98.Richardson, C.H., 1906, Aereal And Economic Geology Of Northeastern Vermont: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1905-1906), P. 97-98.

  • 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., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.

  • Deposit

    Wood, Donald, 1985, Personal Communication; Kirby, Vt.

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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