Boardman Hill Quarries

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081668
MRDS ID W033944
Record type Site
Current site name Boardman Hill Quarries
Alternate or previous names Site Includes the Peck, Orvillo, Clarendon-Johnson and Mccormick Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.02423, 43.5644 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position FROM 0.6 TO 2.4 MILES NORTH OF CLARENDON SPRINGS, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Rutland(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

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRIES ARE IN A NS TREND ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPE OF BOARDMAN HILL. PECK Q. IS MOST SOUTHERN; MCCORMICK Q. IS MOST NORTHERN
  • Peck Is 0.55 Miles S of Location Given.
  • Mines Located On Slope and Ridge North of Granger'S Furnace Mansion and Along Furnace Brook.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation; Columbian Member
    Rock description Shelburne Formation; Columbian Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.02423, 43.5644

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
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1950

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SITE INCLUDES 7 OPENINGS FROM 4 DIFFERENT QUARRIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 14.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS; VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • 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

    Unpublished Company Records; Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor , Vt.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-MAR-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor REMOVED MCCORMICK FROM THIS REC AND MADE NEW RECORD. ADDED INDIVIDUAL QUARRY NAMES TO SYNONYM FIELD.
Reporter 01-NOV-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.