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Brattleboro-Guilford Quarries

Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111278
MRDS ID W044097
Record type Site
Current site name Brattleboro-Guilford Quarries
Alternate or previous names Willard Quarry, Sykes Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.56482, 42.82361 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 0.9 MILES DUE SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, BRATTLEBORO, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brattleboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits 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 Windham

Comments on the location information

  • 100 YARDS SOUTH OF RANGER'S HOUSE, JUST EAST OF ACCESS ROAD IN FORTDUMMER STATE PARK.
  • Skehan (1961) Refers To This Deposit As the Sherman Marble. He Locates Another Quarry 1 Mile S 45 W of the One Described.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KNOWN AS THE BRATTLEBORO "GRAY SLATE". USED FOR ROOFING AND FOUNDATIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Littleton Formation
    Rock description Littleton Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 85W
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1915

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont, Department Of Forests And Parks, Montpelier, Vt.
    Home office Vermont

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.263HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OTHER SMALL PITS EAST OF MAIN QUARRY AND FORMING A NORTH-SOUTH ARRAY ALONG STRIKE OF THE SLATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEPBURN, J.C., TRASK, N.J, ROSENFELD, J.L. AND THOMPSON JR., J.B., 1984, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE BRATTLEBORO QUADRANGLE, VT-NH: VGS BULLETIN NO.32

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.9.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1845, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT: CHAUNCEY GOODRICH; (BURLINGTON, VT), PP 35-37.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), PP 791-795.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, C.B., 1846, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT: CHAUNCEY GOODRICH; (BURLINGTON, VT), PP.131-140.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Hepburn, J.C., Trask, N.J., Rosenfeld, J.L., And Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1984, Bedrock Geology Of The Brattleboro Quadrangle, Vermont-New Hampshire: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 32.Hepburn, J.C., Trask, N.J., Rosenfeld, J.L., And Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1984, Bedrock Geology Of The Brattleboro Quadrangle, Vermont-New Hampshire: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 32.

  • Deposit

    Adams, C.B., 1845, First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont.Adams, C.B., 1845, First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont.

  • Deposit

    Adams, C.B., 1846, Second Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chancey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont 217 P.Adams, C.B., 1846, Second Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chancey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont 217 P.

  • Deposit

    Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLATE WAS TAKEN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE "CHLORITE-GRADE" ZONE OF THE LITTLETON FORMATION

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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