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Past Producer in Chittenden county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081761
MRDS ID W044089
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.21013, 44.6194 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 2.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CHIMNEY CORNER I-89 EXIT, COLCHESTER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colchester(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 Chittenden

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SHARP WESTERLY BEND ON ROUTE 2 WHICH TURNS ONTO THE SAND BAR CAUSEWAY, A DIRT ROAD TURNS EAST TO THE QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dunham Dolomite
    Rock description Dunham Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.21013, 44.6194

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5-W
    Dip 15 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Of Vermont
    Home office Vermont

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STONE, S.W. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, VERMONT; VGS BULLETIN NO. 26, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 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

Beyond USGS

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