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Unnamed Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100280
MRDS ID W033983
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.4856, 43.075 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST, NORTHWEST OF WESTMINSTER VILLAGE, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walpole(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • RICHARDSON STATES THAT STONE WAS TAKEN FROM WELLINGTON HILL, 2 INCHES EAST OF THE RIVER.
  • Location From Richardson (1932)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED LOCALLY FOR A BUILDING STONE.

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 > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Littleton Formation
    Rock description Littleton Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.4856, 43.075
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1932, GEOLOGY OF ATHENS, BROOKLINE AND WESTMINISTER, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1931-1932), PP 338, 346-347, FIGURE 57.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, 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

    Richardson, C.H., 1932, Geology Of Athens, Brookline And Westminster, Vermont: 18th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1931-1932).Richardson, C.H., 1932, Geology Of Athens, Brookline And Westminster, Vermont: 18th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1931-1932).

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

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