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Frye Quarry

Producer in Caledonia 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081623
MRDS ID W033882
Record type Site
Current site name Frye Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.18118, 44.4078 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Relative position 0.65 MILES EAST, SOUTHEAST OF WEST DANVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joes Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.18118, 44.4078
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • Waites River Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1985

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Vermont
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burt Frye

Comments on development

  • USING STONE FOR CONSTRUCTION ON ROUTE 2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRYE, B., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, DANVILLE, VT.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; MONTPELIER, VT.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Frye, B., 1985, Personal Communication, Danville, Vermont.

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 MSHA#43-00430; FROM AOT LIST

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