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Sheffield Blue Granite Co. Quarry

Past Producer in Caledonia 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106292
MRDS ID W033973
Record type Site
Current site name Sheffield Blue Granite Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.18949, 44.62749 (WGS84)
Elevation 497
Relative position 4.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Passumpsic River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Caledonia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

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 > Schist
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.18949, 44.62749
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE, 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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sheffield Blue Granite Co.
    Home office Arlington, TX

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.033HA
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY IS WATER-FILLED AND THEREFORE DEPTH IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENNIS, J.G., 1956, THE GEOLOGY OF THE LYNDONVILLE AREA, VERMONT: UGS BULLETIN NO. 8, PP. 84-88, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    SHEFFIELD TOWN CLERK, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    Dennis, J.G., 1956, The Geology Of The Lyndonville Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 8, 98 P.Dennis, J.G., 1956, The Geology Of The Lyndonville Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 8, 98 P.

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

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