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Unnamed Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10106287
MRDS ID W033884
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.91782, 43.7231 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Relative position 1.85 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHITTENDEN, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chittenden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS JUST EAST OF THE CHITTENDEN RESERVOIR DAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHITTENDEN RESERVOIR DAM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Schist Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Mt. Holly Complex
    Rock description Mt. Holly Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.91782, 43.7231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 W
    Dip 25 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1945

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Central Vermont Public Service Corp
  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Vermont Public Service Corp
    Home office Rutland, Vt.

Comments on development

  • FIRST OPENED FOR RIP-RAP AFTER THE FLOOD OF 1947.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRACE, W.F., 1953, THE GEOLOGY OF THE RUTLAND AREA, VT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 6, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    TOWN CLERK, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, CHITTENDEN, VT.

  • Deposit

    Brace, W.F., 1953, The Geology Of The Rutland Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 6, 3 Plates.Brace, W.F., 1953, The Geology Of The Rutland Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 6, 3 Plates.

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

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