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Past Producer in Washington 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100282
MRDS ID W044071
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.5276, 44.325 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.25 MILES WEST OF ADAMANT, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY, OR THE LEDGES THAT WERE QUARRIED, ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD AND VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MEDIUM TO FINE GRAINED

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Walts River Formation, Barton River Member
    Rock description Walts River Formation, Barton River Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.5276, 44.325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4500M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M
    Area 4500

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hull, Marc And Pam
    Home office County Road Calais, Vermont

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF THE ORIGINAL QUARRY HAS BEEN BACKFILLED AND IS CURRENTLY USED FOR PASTURE. A SMALL LEDGE OF GRANITE CAN STILL BE SEEN STRIKING NNE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., 1956, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MONTPELIER QUADRANGLE. USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP, GQ-79

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., 1956, Bedrock Geology Of The Montpelier Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map, Gq-79, Scale 1:62,500.Cady, W.M., 1956, Bedrock Geology Of The Montpelier Quadrangle, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map, Gq-79, Scale 1:62,500.

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

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