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Past Producer in Essex 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089881
MRDS ID W044137
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.62477, 44.72189 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 1.9 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH STRATFORD, NH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stratford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Essex

Comments on the location information

  • THERE IS ANOTHER QUARRY 0.9 MILES W,NW OF THIS LOCATION INDICATED BY JOHANSSON (1963). THIS QUARRY COULD NOT BE LOCATED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BUILDING STONE. TOO COARSE GRAINED FOR MONUMENTAL USE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.62477, 44.72189
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite-Muscovite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hook, Kenneth
    Home office Guildhall, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.026HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • HIGHWALL IS 30 FEET HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER NH), P. 10.

  • Deposit

    JOHANSSON, W.I., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE LUNENBURG-BRUNSWICK-GUILDHALL AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 22, PP. 80-82.

  • Deposit

    Johansson, W.I., 1963, Geology Of The Lunenburg-Brunswick-Guildhall Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 22, P. 80-82.Johansson, W.I., 1963, Geology Of The Lunenburg-Brunswick-Guildhall Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 22, P. 80-82.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY IS IN THE MAIDSTONE PLUTON

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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