Enwrighte Granite Quarry

Producer in Windsor 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 10081734
MRDS ID W044057
Record type Site
Current site name Enwrighte Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.42538, 43.44421 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windsor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits 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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • +/-300m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Syenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.42538, 43.44421

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 1609.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 3 OPENINGS. AS DESCRIBED BY DALY, THE CENTRAL QUARRY IS THE MAIN PIT THAT WAS WORKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT; USGS BULLETIN 104, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    DALY, R.A., 1903, THE GEOLOGY OF ASCUTNEY MOUNTAIN, VERMONT; USGS BULLETIN 209, P. 80, PLATE 7.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P 53.

  • Deposit

    Daly, R.A., 1903, The Geology Of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 209, 122 P.Daly, R.A., 1903, The Geology Of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 209, 122 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

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MONUMENTS OF THE GRANITE CAN BE SEEN IN THE WINDSOR CEMETARY. ; 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-APR-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor PROVIDED COORDINATES BASED ON WALSH, ARMSTRONG AND RATCLIFFE.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.