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Vermont Associated Lime Quarry

Past Producer in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081764
MRDS ID W044093
Record type Site
Current site name Vermont Associated Lime Quarry
Alternate or previous names Vt Associated Lime Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.17777, 44.14745 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vergennes East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(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 Addison

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1972 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STONE WAS BURNED FOR LIME IN KILNS AT THE SITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation
    Rock description Shelburne Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.17777, 44.14745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike VARIABLE
    Dip SOUTHERLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1959

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Associated Lime Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dennis And Sara Sparling
    Home office Box 81 New Haven, Vt

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED TWO QUARRIES. THE SMALLER IS N, NW OF THE ONE DESCRIBED. IT IS 100 FEET SQUARE WITH A 60 FOOT HIGHWALL. HIGHWALLS IN THE LARGER QUARRY AVE 70 FEET

Comments on development

  • COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT DUE TO HIGH PERCENTAGE OF IMPURITIES IN THE LIMESTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964; VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P.31.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1918, THE LIME INDUSTRY IN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 11TH REPORT (1917-1918), PP. 162-163.

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, E.C., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Annual Report, State Geologist Of Vermont (1917-1918), 162-163.Jacobs, E.C., 1918, The Lime Industry In Vermont: 11th Annual Report, State Geologist Of Vermont (1917-1918), 162-163.

  • 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 DEPOSIT IS TIGHTLY FOLDED IN THE QUARRY.

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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