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Buck Pond Quarries

Past Producer in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  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 10081757
MRDS ID W044085
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Pond Quarries
Alternate or previous names Leach Quarry, Chase Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.4048, 44.4553 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position 1.1 TO 1.3 MILES NORTH, NORTHEAST 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

  • THE LEACH QUARRY IS 0.3 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE LOCATION GIVEN. DALE (1909) ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THESE QUARRIES BUT HAS THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS REVERSED ON HIS MAP.
  • Location Is For the Chase Quarries

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wa1ts River Formation, Barton River Member
    Rock description Wa1ts River Formation, Barton River Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.4048, 44.4553
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chase Granite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Vermont

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.175HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE IS FOR THE LARGER CHASE QUARRIES. AREA GIVEN COVERS THE MAIN QUARRY AND A SMALLER HOLE 50 FEET TO THE SOUTH. THE MAIN QUARRY 15 40 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • 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 SHEETING IS UP TO 8 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

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