Fluery Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Grand Isle 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 10081753
MRDS ID W044080
Record type Site
Current site name Fluery Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.35762, 44.8356 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
Relative position 2.95 MILES SOUTH,SOUTHWEST OF ISLE LA MOTTE VILLAGE, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand Isle(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Hero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Grand Isle

Comments on the location information

  • TAKE THE ROAD TO SCOTT POINT. QUARRIES ARE JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRIED INTO BLOCKS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chazy Limestone, Day Point Member
    Rock description Chazy Limestone, Day Point Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Crown Point Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip NEAR HORIZONTAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. E. S. Fluery

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.314HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES, ONE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE OTHER, WERE DEVELOPED.

Comments on development

  • THE QUARRY CLOSEST TO THE LAKE OR, MOST WESTERN, WAS THE LAST TO BE WORKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 23

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1904, THE GEOLOGY OF GRAND ISLE COUNTY: REPT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 4TH REPORT (1903-1904), PP. 103-143.

  • Deposit

    ERWIN, R.B., 1957, THE GEOLOGY OF ISLE LA MOTTE AND SOUTH HERO ISLAND, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 9, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G. H., 1904, The Geology Of Grand Isle County, Vermont: 4th Annual Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industry And Geology Of Vermont (1903-1904).Perkins, G. H., 1904, The Geology Of Grand Isle County, Vermont: 4th Annual Report Of The State Geologist On The Mineral Industry And Geology Of Vermont (1903-1904).

  • Deposit

    Erwin, R.B., 1957, The Geology Of Isle La Motte And South Hero Island, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 9.Erwin, R.B., 1957, The Geology Of Isle La Motte And South Hero Island, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 9.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BEDS ARE QUITE THIN AND THE LARGEST IS ONLY FIFTEEN FEET THICK

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.