Cheshire Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089900
MRDS ID W044235
Record type Site
Current site name Cheshire Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.13032, 44.0314 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 2.1 MILES NORTHEAST 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

  • QUARRY IS JUST SOUTH OF PAINTER ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MUDDY BRANCH OF THE NEW HAVEN RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

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
    Rock description Shelburne Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.13032, 44.0314

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 Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DIMENSIONS TAKEN FROM WATER-FILLED AREA SHOWN ON THE MIDDLEBURY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor, Vt.

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

Beyond USGS

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