1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unnamed Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Orleans county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. 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 10089882
MRDS ID W044140
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.96867, 44.83029 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 1.15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST CHARLESTON, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Island Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orleans

Comments on the location information

  • HEADING SOUTH ON RT. 105 FROM EAST CHARLESTON A DIRT ROAD TURNS EAST JUST BEFORE CROSSING THE CLYDE RIVER. AFTER 0.25 MILES ON THIS ROAD, WALK NORTH 700 FEET.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED LOCALLY FOR A BUILDING STONE.

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 > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.96867, 44.83029
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Binary Granite

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forest Thomas Island Pond, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEDGE HAS BEEN QUARRIED TO A DEPTH OF 8 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, B.K., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE ISLAND POND AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 20, P 107

  • Deposit

    Goodwin, B.K., 1963, Geology Of The Island Pond Area,Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 20, P. 107.Goodwin, B.K., 1963, Geology Of The Island Pond Area,Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 20, P. 107.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY IS LOCATED IN THE NULHEGAN 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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site