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Unnamed Rip-Rap Quarry

Producer in Lamoille county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089886
MRDS ID W044153
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rip-Rap Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.88891, 44.6431 (WGS84)
Elevation 160
Relative position 0.3 MILES SE AND 0.65 MILES SW OF CAMBRIDGE, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(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 Lamoille

Comments on the location information

  • THE QUARRY SW OF CAMBRIDGE IS VISIBLE FROM RT 15. THE QUARRY SE OF CAMBRIDGE IS ALSO VISIBLE FROM RT. 15 AND IS 0.8 MILES EAST OF THE FIRST.
  • Location Is For the Quarry Sw of Canbridge, Vt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR RIP-RAP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schist Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Underhill Formation
    Rock description Underhill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.88891, 44.6431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip 85W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1982

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boyden Farm / Tatro Construction Co.
    Home office Cambridge, Vt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Boyden Farm (Fredrick Boyden) / Bassett Farm (Harry Bassett)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRIES ARE BENCHED INTO THE SIDE HILL. BOTH ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE WITH 25 TO 50 FOOT HIGH WORKING FACE.

Comments on development

  • BOYDENS OWN QUARRY SW OF TOWN. BASSETT'S OWN QUARRY SE OF TOWN. TATRO CONST. CO. IS CURRENTLY USING STONE FROM BASSETT'S QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYDEN, FREDRICK, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Boyden, Fredrick, 1985, Personal Communication.

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-JUL-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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