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West River Granite Co.

Past Producer in Windham 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 10081767
MRDS ID W044098
Record type Site
Current site name West River Granite Co.
Alternate or previous names Presby-Leland Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.61011, 42.92498 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position FROM 0.35 MILE EAST TO 1.0 MILE SOUTH OF W. DUMMERSTON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • SITE INCLUDES BLACK MOUNTAIN QUARRY (DOMMERSTON QUARRY), CLARK QUARRIES AND THE BAILEY PROSPECT. LOCATION IS FOR THE PRESBY LELAND QUARRY
  • Quarries Are In An Area 0.25 Miles North and 1.25 Miles South of Location Given

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHT GRAY, EVEN-GRAINED, MEDIUM TO FINE TEXTURE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Series Intrusives
    Rock description New Hampshire Series Intrusives
    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 > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.61011, 42.92498
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME
    Length 3620.93M
    Width 2011.63M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HEPBURN, ET AL (1984) PLACE THE WAITS RIVER IN THE LATE SILURIAN BUT STATE THAT THE AGE IS DEBATABLE IN THEIR TEXT.
  • Hepburn, Et Al (1984) Place the Waits River In the Late Silurian But State That the Age Is Debatable In Their Text.
  • Quartz Monzonite (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 1877
Year of last production 1939

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Presby-Leland Granite Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Claude Crepeau (West River Granite)
    Home office 350 Chapman St. Greenfield, Ma 01301

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.628HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS DESCRIPTION IS FOR THE PRESBY-LELAND QUARRY AND THE PROSPECTS SURROUNDING IT.

Comments on development

  • USED FOR MONUMENTS, CURBING AND POSTS. ALSO CRUSHED FOR USE AS A RAILROAD BED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1910, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 7TH REPORT (1909-1910), PP.78-197.

  • Deposit

    HEPBURN, J.C., TRASK, N.J., ROSENFELD, J.L. AND THOMPSON JR., J.B., 1984, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE BRATTLEBORO QUADRANGLE, VT-NH., VGS BULLETIN NO. 32.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P 18.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP 105-109.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1940, TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF VERMONT (1939-1940), P.18.

  • Deposit

    DUKE, J., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (DUMMERSTON TOWN CLERK).

  • 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 CLARK QUARRIES ARE NORTH OF THE PRESBY LELAND AND THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUARRY IS TO THE SOUTH. THE BAILEY PROSPECT IS SOUTH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUARRY ON THE WEST OF THE RIVER BEHIND DUNKLEE'S BARN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

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 COORDINATES CORRECTED (PLOTTED IN RANDOLPH, NOT DUMMERSTON); LOCATION COMMENTS IN GEN_COM FIELD REFERRED TO A RECORD IN ELMORE; REFS. REFEREED TO ELMORE; THEY WERE DELETED. THIS RECORD COULD BE SEPAR

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