Washington Limestone Quarries

Past Producer in Orange 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081675
MRDS ID W033957
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Limestone Quarries
Alternate or previous names Includes Warner and Richardson Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.3873, 44.0922 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position FROM 0.7 TO 3.0 MILES SE OF THE CHURCH IN WASHINGTON VILLAGE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE RICHARDSON QUARRY. THE WARNER QUARRY IS 1.0 MILE TO THE NORTH. MANY SMALL QUARRIES BETWEEN THESE AND WASHINGTON VILLAGE.
  • Quarries Are Within 2.5 Miles of Location Given.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED LOCALLY AS A BUILDING STONE AND TO A LIMITED EXTENT FOR MONUMENTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.3873, 44.0922

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10-20 E
    Dip VARIABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1893
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SMALL OPENINGS WERE MADE EAST OF WASHINGTON VILLAGE, VT. BY 1898 MORE THAN 25 OPENINGS HAD BEEN MADE. ALL OF THESE WERE VERY SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 48.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1902, THE TERRANES OF ORANGE CO., VT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 3RD REPORT (1901-1902), PP. 84-90.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1906, AREAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 5TH REPORT (1905-1906), PP. 87-90.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 233-235.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), PP. 235-236.

  • Deposit

    MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BED ROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER COMPANIES TO WORK THE WASHINGTON MARBLE WERE HUNTINGTON AND CLOUGH, C.L. SLACK AND CO. AND THE AMERICAN VERDANTIQUE MARBLE CO. THE EXACT LOCATION OF THEIR QUARRIES IS UNCERTAIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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