Freedley Group

Past Producer in Bennington 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 10081728
MRDS ID W044051
Record type Site
Current site name Freedley Group
Alternate or previous names Freedley Open, Shuttleworth, Sykes, Sweeny, 3-Rod and Way Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.02592, 43.25919 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2.1 TO 2.5 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF NORTH DORSET, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorset(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • THE SWEENEY AND 3-ROD ARE JUST SOUTH OF THE FREEDLEY AND THE WAY QURRY IS 0.5 MILES TO THE SOUTH.
  • Coordinates For the Freedley Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR ROUGH AND POLISHED DIMENSION STONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Dolomite Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Rock description Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.02592, 43.25919

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 79.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1790
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 160 FOOT LONG TUNNEL IS PART OF THE FREEDLEY QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP 1-160.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) PP. 16-17.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • 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

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor, Vt

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS MADE FROM THIS STONE INCLUDE THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT; RIVERSIDE DRIVE NY, NY AND THE DREXEL BUILDING; WALL AND BROAD STREETS NY, NY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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-OCT-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.