Woodbury Quarries-Robeson Mountain

Producer in Washington 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 10081736
MRDS ID W044059
Record type Site
Current site name Woodbury Quarries-Robeson Mountain
Alternate or previous names Fletcher, Woodbury Granite Co., Miller, Ainsworth and Carson Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.39391, 44.4392 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Relative position 1.4 MILES EAST OF WOODBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ACTIVE QUARRY IS AN EXPANSION OF THE OLD FLETCHER QUARRY.
  • Location of Active Quarry Given. Others Within 0.5 Mile Radius

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BUILDING AND MONUMENTAL GRADE GRANITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.39391, 44.4392

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1887

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Swenson Granite Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.402HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE IS FOR THE ACTIVE FLETCHER QUARRY. HIGHWALLS ARE 30-50 FEET HIGH.

Comments on development

  • THE FLETCHER QUARRY IS CURRENTLY SUPPLYING STONE FOR AN ADDITION TO THE PA STATE CAPITOL, HARRISBURG, PA. REOPENED IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP 93-105.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: JOHN SWENSON GRANITE CO.; CONCORD, NH.

  • Deposit

    KONIG, R.H., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE PLAINFIELD QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 16, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Konig, R.H., 1961, Geology Of The Plainfield Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 16.Konig, R.H., 1961, Geology Of The Plainfield Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 16.

  • 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 THIS STONE WAS USED FOR THE PA CAPITOL, HARRISBURG, PA; COOK COUNTY COURTHOUSE CHICAGO, IL; CARNEGIL LIBRARY, SYRACUSE, NY AND MANY OTHERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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-MAY-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.