| 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: | -72.13979, 44.2292 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 533 |
| Relative position | 2.85 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH RYEGATE, VT. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Vermont | Caledonia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Dimension | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | New Hampshire Plutonic Series | ||||||||
| Rock description | New Hampshire Plutonic Series | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Gile Mountain Formation |
| Rock description | Gile Mountain Formation |
| (1) | -72.13979, 44.2292 |
|---|
| General form | DOME |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. S. Tupper And Co.; Vt Gray Granite Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arlene Eastman/Orman Beaton/John Lynch Estate. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 9.112HA |
| Overall length | 396.24M |
| Overall width | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033956 | |
| Vermont Agency of Natural Resources | VTANR | VTANR | AM85ND463 |
DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP. 38-40.
DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, PP. 115-116.
DOLL, C.G., 1961, THE CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).
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.
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.
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.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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