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Shelburne Limestone Corp. Middlebury Quarry

Producer in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089899
MRDS ID W044233
Record type Site
Current site name Shelburne Limestone Corp. Middlebury Quarry
Alternate or previous names Foote Street Quarry, Includes the Middlebury Quarry Pratt Or Sweat Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.12982, 44.0014 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 2.0 MILES SE OF THE ROTARY IN MIDDLEBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlebury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(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 Addison

Comments on the location information

  • THE MIDDLEBURY QUARRY IS JUST SOUTH OF THE NOW ACTIVE FOOTE STREET QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIMENSION STONE IN THE PAST; USED FOR CRUSHED PRODUCTS NOW

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Rock description Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.12982, 44.0014
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1825

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. Proctor, Vt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. Proctor, Vt. (Mineral Rights)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.308HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY APPROACHES 100 FEET DEEP AT THE DEEPEST POINT. THE SMALL MIDDLEBURY QUARRY, JUST SOUTH OF THE FOOTE ST. QUARRY IS USED AS A SETTLING POND FOR THE ACTIVE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH)., P. 28.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), PP. 141-143.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 134-135.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • 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-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor

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