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Fonda Lime Quarry

Past Producer in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089884
MRDS ID W044145
Record type Site
Current site name Fonda Lime Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.10591, 44.86999 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 0.35 MILES WEST OF FONDA, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Albans(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • TURN WEST IN FONDA ON SIDE STREET AND CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS TO GET TO QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIME USED FOR CHEMICAL PURPOSES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chazy Limestone
    Rock description Chazy Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.10591, 44.86999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Charles Rich
Year of first production 1846
Year of last production 1945

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fonda Lime Kilns
  • Type Owner
    Owner Swanton Limestone
    Home office 30 Jewitt St. Swanton, VT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.381HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE KILNS ON THE SITE PROCESS LIMESTONE. THE DEPTH OF THE QUARRY IN 1918 WAS 100 FEET. SINCE ACTIVITY SLOWED AFTER THIS DATE, IT IS PROBABLY NOT MUCH DEEPER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EDSON, G.E., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE TOWN OF SWANTON: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 6TH REPORT (1907-1908), P. 219-220.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1918, THE LIME INDUSTRY IN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 11TH REPORT (1917-1918), P. 160.

  • Deposit

    Edson, G.E., 1908, Geology Of The Town Of Swanton: 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).Edson, G.E., 1908, Geology Of The Town Of Swanton: 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Annual Report, State Geologist Of Vermont (1917-1918).Jacobs, E.C., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Annual Report, State Geologist Of Vermont (1917-1918).

  • 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.

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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