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Drenan and Webber 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081758
MRDS ID W044086
Record type Site
Current site name Drenan and Webber Quarries
Alternate or previous names Includes Vermont White Quarry and Several Unnamed Quarries.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.39452, 44.45394 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 1.35 MILES 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

  • ALL QUARRIES ARE EASILY REACHED BY FOLLOWING THE OLD RAILROAD GRADE OFF THE OLD HOLTON RD. NORTH TOWARD BUCK LAKE.
  • Location Is the Center of Several Closely Spaced Quarries

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BUILDING; BOTH ROUGH AND POLISHED.

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 Waits River Formation, Barton River Member
    Rock description Waits River Formation, Barton River Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.39452, 44.45394
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME
    Dip SHEETING IS NEAR HORIZONTAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Webber Granite Co.; Drenan, Brown And Raycraft. Woodbury/Hardwick
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Swenson Granite Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY OPENINGS UP TO 20,000 SQUARE FEET AND UP TO 40 FEET DEEP. TOTAL DEPTH IS NOT KNOWN ON MANY OF THESE SINCE THEY ARE WATER FILLED.

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 101-104.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS; JOHN SWENSON GRANITE CO.; CONCORD, NH.

  • 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.

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
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor CORRECTED COORDINATES

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