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Colored Slate Co. Quarries

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Slate, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081630
MRDS ID W033891
Record type Site
Current site name Colored Slate Co. Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.20869, 43.5783 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLISSVILLE, VERMONT, Quarries Are Within 1000 Feet Of Location Given

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poultney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

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 St. Catherine Formation
    Rock description St. Catherine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.20869, 43.5783
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colored Slate Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Colored Slate Co. (Mike Tatko Jr.) Rutland, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.752HA
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA GIVEN ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 36.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-85 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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