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Rochester Verde Antique Quarry

Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Chromium, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081186
MRDS ID W033058
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Verde Antique Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.80732, 43.9119 (WGS84)
Elevation 434
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1.85 MILES SE OF HANCOCK, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hancock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White 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

  • LOCATED EAST OF ROUTE 100 ON SIDE ROAD LEAVING ROUTE 100 1.8 MILES N OF ROCHESTER VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Ore
Serpentine Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Ultramafic Bodies;Ultramafic Bodies Occur Within The Pinney Hollow Formation
    Rock description Ultramafic Bodies;Ultramafic Bodies Occur Within The Pinney Hollow Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.80732, 43.9119
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co., Rochester, Vt. 802 767-4421
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.197HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT PRESENT THE CHROMITE IS QUARRIED OUT AND DISCARDED AS IT IS HARMFUL TO THE QUALITY OF THE VERDE ANTIQUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C.A, 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    ROCHESTER VERMONT; ITS HISTORY 1780-1975: ROCHESTER TOWN HISTORY COMMITTEE, QUEEN CITY PRINTERS, INC., 1975 (BURLI-NGTON, VT), 219P.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS, VT MARBLE CO. PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Rochester Town History Committee, 1975, Rochester, Vermont; Its History 1780-1975: Queen City Printers, Inc., Burlington, Vermont, 219 P.Rochester Town History Committee, 1975, Rochester, Vermont; Its History 1780-1975: Queen City Printers, Inc., Burlington, Vermont, 219 P.

  • Deposit

    Ratte, C.A, 1984, Personal Communication

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CHROMITE OCCURS AS LENSES WITHIN THE VERD ANTIQUE. SIZE OF OCCURRENCE RANGES FROM SMALL GRAINS TO MASSIVE, 150-0 CUBIC FOOT PODS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADDED MODEL
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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