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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081686
MRDS ID W033980
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.37009, 44.63689 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position FROM 0.1 TO 1.2 MILES EAST OF CRAFTSBURY, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craftsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Orleans

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRIED BLOCKS ARE PRESENT BEHIND THE TOWN GARAGE IN CRAFFSBURY. QUARRIES FURTHER EAST HAVE BEEN FILLED IN BUT OUTCROPS ARE STILL VISIBLE.
  • Location Is Quarried Area In Craftsbury Village.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone 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 > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.37009, 44.63689
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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 Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lussier/Bergeron/Fuller, A. Craftsbury, Vt

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPENINGS WERE MADE IN THE OUTCROPS IN CRAFTSBURY AND EAST CRAFTSBURY. BOULDERS WERE ALSO SPLIT AND USED AS BUILDING STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, C.H., 1912, THE TERRANES OF CRAFTSBURY, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 8TH REPORT (1911-1912), PP. 175-177, PLATE LXII.

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, P. AND CHAFFE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 15.

  • 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

    Richardson, C.H., 1912, The Terranes Of Craftsbury, Vermont: 8th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1911-1912).Richardson, C.H., 1912, The Terranes Of Craftsbury, Vermont: 8th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1911-1912).

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

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