| 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: | -72.6134, 43.86499 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Windsor |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | New Hampshire Plutonic Series | ||||||||
| Rock description | New Hampshire Plutonic Series | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Waits River Formation |
| Rock description | Waits River Formation |
| (1) | -72.6134, 43.86499 |
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| General form | ELLIPTICAL DOME |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 W |
| Dip | 60 E |
| Length | 804.67M |
| Width | 190.5M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rock Of Ages Corp. Barre, Vt |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 10.076HA |
| Overall length | 701.04M |
| Overall width | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033925 | |
| Vermont Agency of Natural Resources | VTANR | VTANR | AM85ND331 |
MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 7.
DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NUMBER 404, PP 109-115.
ERN, E.H. JR., 1963, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOLPH QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 21, PP 77-83, 90-91.
DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, PP. 155-159.
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.
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.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STRIKE AND DIP REPRESENTS THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE COUNTRY ROCK. |
| 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 |
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