Proctorsville Deposit

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106288
MRDS ID W033895
Record type Site
Current site name Proctorsville Deposit
Alternate or previous names Site Includes Green Mountain Quarry and An Old Soapstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.64871, 43.39527 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 1.0 MILE NORTHWEST OF PROCTORSVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black 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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • Location Is For Gr. Mtn. Quarry. Other Outcrops Within Half-Mile Radius.
  • THIS IS A LARGE ULTRAMATIC BODY WITH MANY OUTCROPS. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPENING WAS MADE 0.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GR. MTN. QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR VERDE ANTIQUE "MARBLE" AND SOAPSTONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore
Serpentine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.64871, 43.39527

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
    Length 5632.55M
    Width 1609.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMATIC BODY IS ENCLOSED BY THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Body Is Enclosed By the Missisquoi Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Discoverer Mr. Proctor
Year of first production 1845

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1840'S

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
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor COORDINATES CORRECTED

Beyond USGS

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