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Limestone Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111277
MRDS ID W044063
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.31644, 44.6775 (WGS84)
Elevation 53
Relative position 1 MILE N, NE OF KEELER BAY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand Isle(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Hero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Grand Isle

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS EAST OF AND VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chazy Limestone, Crown Point Member
    Rock description Chazy Limestone, Crown Point Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.31644, 44.6775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1955

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Town Of South Hero

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.789HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY HAS 20-25 FOOT HIGHWALLS.

Comments on development

  • USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ISLAND ROADS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 42.

  • Deposit

    ERWIN, R.B., 1957, THE GEOLOGY OF THE LIMESTONE OF ISLE LA MOTTE AND SOUTH HERO ISLAND, VT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 9, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Erwin, R.B., 1957, The Geology Of Isle La Motte And South Hero Island, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 9.Erwin, R.B., 1957, The Geology Of Isle La Motte And South Hero Island, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 9.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 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-MAY-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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