Frazer, Tupper and Rosa Quarries.

Past Producer in Caledonia 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 10081674
MRDS ID W033956
Record type Site
Current site name Frazer, Tupper and Rosa Quarries.
Alternate or previous names Frazer Is Also Known As Hall's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.13979, 44.2292 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position 2.85 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH RYEGATE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ammonoosuc 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 Caledonia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE FRAZER QUARRY. THE TUPPER QUARRY IS 700 FEET TO THE NORTH AND THE ROSA QUARRY IS 1300 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST.
  • All Quarries Are Within 1300 Feet of the Location Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.13979, 44.2292

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. S. Tupper And Co.; Vt Gray Granite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arlene Eastman/Orman Beaton/John Lynch Estate.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 9.112HA
    Overall length 396.24M
    Overall width 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAIN OPENINGS WERE MADE WITHIN THE AREA GIVEN ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP. 38-40.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, PP. 115-116.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Ledges Have Been Benched Back. Area Is So Overgrown That It Is Hard To Determine How Large An Area Was Actually Worked.

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-JUN-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.