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Bloomer-Norcross Group

Producer in Bennington 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 10081782
MRDS ID W044129
Record type Site
Current site name Bloomer-Norcross Group
Alternate or previous names Includes Cody, Norcross Main, Valley, Bloomer and Plateau Bloomer, Norcross West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.08283, 43.23641 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position 1.05 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH DORSET, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR THE NORCROSS QUARRY. THE PLATEAU IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NE AND THE CODY, JUST SW OF THE ROAD AND THE NORCROSS QUARRY.
  • All Quarries Are Located Within 1500 Feet Along A Ne Strike

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE AND ACTINOLITE MARBLES. CALLED "DORSET A" AND "DORSET GREENBED"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Graphite Gangue
Actinolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result DORSET A: 98.43% CALCIUM CARBONATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation
    Rock description Shelburne Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.08283, 43.23641
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FOLDED TABULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip VARIABLE
    Thickness 53.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRIES ARE LOCATED WHERE FOLDING HAS SUBSTANTIALLY THICKENED THE SHELBURNE FM.
  • Quarries Are Located Where Folding Has Substantially Thickened the Shelburne Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Isaac Underhill (Opened First Quarry)
Year of first production 1785

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE FOR THE SWIMMING POOL (VALLEY) QUARRY WHICHIS THE LARGEST OF THE GROUP INCLUDED IN THIS SITE.

Comments on development

  • THE NORCROSS Q. (1785-1913) IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST LEGITIMATEMARBLE QUARRY IN THE STATE. THE CODY OPENED IN 1907 AND THE PLATEAU IN1903.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP 1-160.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) PP. 16-17.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1898, REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST ON MARBLE, SLATE AND GRANITE. TUTTLE PRINTING CO., RUTLAND, VT. P.16.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, PHILIP C., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE EQUINOX QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 18, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Perkins, G.H., 1898, Report Of The State Geologist On Marble, Slate And Granite: Tuttle Printing Company, Rutland, Vermont.Perkins, G.H., 1898, Report Of The State Geologist On Marble, Slate And Granite: Tuttle Printing Company, Rutland, Vermont.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

  • Deposit

    Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vermont.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHEST GRADE MARBLE CONFINED TO THE NOSE OF AN ANTICLINAL FOLD.

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-OCT-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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