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Past Producer in Windsor 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 10081640
MRDS ID W033905
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.71621, 43.5617 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position 1.8 MILES NNE OF PLYMOUTH, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black 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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS LOCATED WITH A SYMBOL ON PLYMOUTH QUADRANGLE. TURN W 0.3 MILES NORTH OF CALVIN COOLIDGE CAMPGROUND OFF RT 100A. ROAD LEADS TO QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE, FENCE POSTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinney Hollow Formation
    Rock description Pinney Hollow Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.71621, 43.5617
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 50 SW
    Length 301.75M
    Width 50.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHEETING IN THE GRANITE IS UP TO 10 FEET THICK.
  • The Sheeting In the Granite Is Up To 10 Feet Thick.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont - Calvin Coolidge State Forest.
    Home office Vermont

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.876HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY WAS WORKED TO A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 20 FEET.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SHERBURNE, VERMONT WAS MADE OF THIS STONE IN 1895.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 34.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN NO. 738, PP. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, E.L., 1928, GEOLOGY OF PLYMOUTH AND BRIDGEWATER, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 16TH REPORT (1927-1928), PP. 44-46, 63-64.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK. E, ET AL, 1861. THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO; (CLAREMONT, NH), PP. 740-741.

  • 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

    Perry, E.L., 1929, Geology Of Bridgewater And Plymouth Townships, Vermont: 16th Annual Report Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928).Perry, E.L., 1929, Geology Of Bridgewater And Plymouth Townships, Vermont: 16th Annual Report Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928).

  • 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

    Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE TAKEN OF SURFACE EXPOSURE. APLITE DIKES OCCUR 600 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN STOCK. STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR SHEETING IN GRANITE.
Deposit Two Quarries Are 200 Feet Apart and Located In A Small Valley. Location Given Is For the Southernmost of the Two Quarries.

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-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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