Bethel Granite Quarries

Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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 10081657
MRDS ID W033925
Record type Site
Current site name Bethel Granite Quarries
Alternate or previous names Includes Ellis and Woodbury Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6134, 43.86499 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Royalton(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

  • TURN EAST OFF CHRISTIAN HILL RD, 0.9 MILES NORTH OF ANSEL POND. ROAD LEADS TO QUARRIES. THE LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE ACTIVE WOODBURY QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRADE NAME IS THE "BETHEL WHITE GRANITE".

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) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6134, 43.86499

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELLIPTICAL DOME
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 60 E
    Length 804.67M
    Width 190.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rock Of Ages Corp. Barre, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10.076HA
    Overall length 701.04M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA DIMENSIONS GIVEN INCLUDE ALL QUARRIES IN THE AREA, BOTH ACTIVE AND INACTIVE.

Comments on development

  • FIRST CONCENTRATED PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1902

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 7.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NUMBER 404, PP 109-115.

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H. JR., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 21, PP 77-83, 90-91.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, PP. 155-159.

  • Deposit

    Eric, J.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1958, Geology Of The Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11, 62 P.Eric, J.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1958, Geology Of The Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11, 62 P.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP REPRESENTS THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE COUNTRY ROCK.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.