Hilltop Slate Co. Poultney Quarries

Producer in Rutland 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081700
MRDS ID W044009
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Slate Co. Poultney Quarries
Alternate or previous names Rising and Nelson #9

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.23784, 43.5436 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 1.85 MILES NNW OF THE JCT. OF RTS 30 AND 140, POULTNEY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poultney(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

  • OTHER QUARRIES ARE 0.1 MILE DUE EAST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN AND 0.2 AND 0.35 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE OLD RAN NO. 9 IS WEST OF THE ROAD.
  • Location Given Is For the Most Recently Active Quarry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name St. Catherine Formation
    Rock description St. Catherine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.23784, 43.5436

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermont-New York Slate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hilltop Slate Co., Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hilltop Slate Co., Inc.
    Home office Middle Granville, Ny

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.731HA
    Overall length 548.64M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRIES DESCRIBED ARE ALL WITHIN THE AREA GIVEN ABOVE.

Comments on development

  • HILLTOP DOES NOT OWN THE TWO QUARRIES DESCRIBED AS 0.2 TO 0.35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 36.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 275, PP 89-111.

  • Deposit

    FOWLER, P., 1950, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE CASTLETON AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 2, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TARAN, STEVE, 1985, TAREN SLATE CO., POULTNEY, VT.; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • 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

    Fowler, P., 1950, Stratigraphy And Structure Of The Castleton Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 2.Fowler, P., 1950, Stratigraphy And Structure Of The Castleton Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 2.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 275, 220 P.Dale, T.N., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 275, 220 P.

  • 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

    Taran, Steve, 1985, Taren Slate Co., Poultney, Vt.; Personal Communication .

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-SEP-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor

Beyond USGS

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