Barton Mountain Quarries

Past Producer in Orleans county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089891
MRDS ID W044166
Record type Site
Current site name Barton Mountain Quarries
Alternate or previous names Site Includes Barnard, Damon and Fisk Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.13259, 44.76999 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 2.1 TO 3.0 MILES NE OF THE JCT. OF RTS. 5 AND 12, BARTON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orleans(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(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

  • THE QUARRIES SKIRT THE SE SIDE OF THE MAIN SUMMITT OF BARTON MOUNTAIN AT THE 1500 FOOT LEVEL. LOCATION GIVEN IS DAMON QUARRY
  • Barnard and Fisk Q'S Are 0.5 Mile Sw and 0.4 Mile N Resp. of Location Given

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIMENSION STONE FOR MONUMENTAL WORK. (BARTON QUARRY)

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) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.13259, 44.76999

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite 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 1925
Year of last production 1935

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barton Granite Co./Crystal Lake Granite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ryle Miller/Henry Labrecque/Carl Paquette Barton, Vt.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE MANY OPENINGS ALONG THE SIDE OF BARTON MOUNTAIN. THE FISK (MOST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAQUETTE, RAYMOND, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C. AND CALKINS, J.A., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN VERMONT EXCLUSIVE OF CLAY, SAND AND GRAVEL AND PEAT: USGS MAP, MR-5.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MEMPHREMAGOG QUADRANGLE AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE IRASBURG QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 3, PP. 41-45, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1951, Geology Of The Memphremagog Quadrangle And The Southeastern Portion Of The Irasburg Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 3, Pp. 38-41, Plate 1.Doll, C.G., 1951, Geology Of The Memphremagog Quadrangle And The Southeastern Portion Of The Irasburg Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 3, Pp. 38-41, Plate 1.

  • Deposit

    Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.Pearre, N.C. And Calkins, J.A., 1957, Mineral Deposits And Occurrences In Vermont, Exclusive Of Clay, Sand And Gravel, And Peat: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-5, Scale 1:500,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUARRIES ARE IN THE WEST-CENTRAL PORTION OF THE WILLOUGHBY 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-JUL-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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